Colloquial Arabic
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Colloquial Arabic refers to the diverse spoken varieties of Arabic used in everyday communication across different regions, distinct from the standardized Modern Standard Arabic.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic language variety
→
spoken language variety → |
| basedOn |
regional speech communities
→
|
| distinctFrom |
Classical Arabic
→
Modern Standard Arabic → |
| hasAlternativeName |
dialectal Arabic
→
vernacular Arabic → ʿĀmmiyya → |
| hasCharacteristic |
code-switching with Modern Standard Arabic
→
diglossic relationship with Modern Standard Arabic → lexical borrowing from other languages → mutually partially intelligible varieties → phonological variation across regions → primarily spoken → rarely written formally → regionally diverse → simplified morphology compared to Classical Arabic → |
| includes |
Egyptian Arabic
→
Gulf Arabic → Hijazi Arabic → Iraqi Arabic → Levantine Arabic → Maghrebi Arabic → Najdi Arabic → Sudanese Arabic → Yemeni Arabic → |
| influencedBy |
contact languages in each region
→
|
| notTypicallyUsedFor |
formal education medium
→
formal writing → official documents → |
| relatedTo |
Arabic diglossia
→
|
| spokenBy |
native Arabic speakers
→
|
| spokenIn |
Arab world
→
Arabian Peninsula → Egypt → Iraq → Levant → North Africa → |
| subclassOf |
Arabic
→
dialect continuum → vernacular Arabic → |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
→
informal speech → oral interaction → |
| usedIn |
films
→
popular culture → social media → songs → television dramas → |
Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Hijazi Arabic
→
Maghrebi Arabic → |
subclassOf |