Levantine Arabic

E7623
colloquial Arabic variety spoken language

Levantine Arabic is a major colloquial variety of Arabic spoken primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.

Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form As subject As object
Palestinian Arabic 0 7
Jordanian Arabic 0 3
Lebanese Arabic 0 3
Aleppine Arabic 0 1
Arabic language continuum 0 1
Beirut Arabic 0 1
Levantine Colloquial Arabic 0 1
Mashriqi Arabic 0 1
North Levantine Arabic 0 1
South Levantine Arabic 0 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colloquial Arabic variety →
spoken language →
alternativeName Eastern Mediterranean →
surface form: Levantine

Shami Arabic →
country Cyprus →
Israel →
Jordan →
Lebanon →
State of Palestine →
surface form: Palestine

Syria →
Turkey →
dialectOf Arabic →
glottocode leva1239 →
hasDialect Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Jordanian Arabic

Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Lebanese Arabic

Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: North Levantine Arabic

Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Palestinian Arabic

Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: South Levantine Arabic

Syrian Arabic →
ISOCode apc →
languageFamily Arabic →
Central Semitic languages →
Semitic languages →
lexicalInfluenceFrom Aramaic →
English →
French →
Turkish language →
surface form: Turkish
morphologicalFeature simplified verb conjugation compared to Classical Arabic →
mutualIntelligibility high with other Levantine varieties →
partial with Egyptian Arabic →
notTypicallyUsedFor formal writing →
official documents →
partOf Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
surface form: Arabic language continuum
phonologicalFeature emphasis spread →
loss of case endings →
region Eastern Mediterranean →
Eastern Mediterranean →
surface form: Levant
sociolinguisticFeature diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic →
spokenIn Cyprus →
Jordan →
Lebanon →
Northern District, Israel →
surface form: Northern Israel

Palestinian territories →
Southern Turkey →
Syria →
standardForm Modern Standard Arabic →
usedFor everyday communication →
films →
music →
popular media →
television series →
writingSystem Arabic script →
Latin script →

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Shami Arabic → alternativeName → Levantine Arabic →
Shami Arabic → alternativeName → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Levantine Colloquial Arabic
Deir al-Balah → dialect → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Gulf Arabic → distinctFrom → Levantine Arabic →
Levantine Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: North Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: South Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Lebanese Arabic
Levantine Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Jordanian Arabic
Levantine Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Shami Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Aleppine Arabic
Shami Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Beirut Arabic
Shami Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Shami Arabic → hasDialect → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Jordanian Arabic
Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Levantine Arabic →
Palestinian → hasLanguage → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Levantine Arabic →
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Levantine Arabic →
Egyptian Arabic → influencedBy → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Lebanese people → language → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Lebanese Arabic
Lebanese American → languageUsed → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Lebanese Arabic
Zarqa → languageUsed → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Jordanian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → lexicalSimilarityWith → Levantine Arabic →
Levantine Arabic → partOf → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs →
this entity surface form: Arabic language continuum
Bethlehem → primaryLanguage → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Ramallah → primarySpokenLanguage → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Palestinian territories → spokenLanguage → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Shami Arabic → subgroupOf → Levantine Arabic →
this entity surface form: Mashriqi Arabic