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.

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All labels observed (14)

Label Occurrences
Levantine Arabic canonical 15
Palestinian Arabic 11
Jordanian Arabic 4

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 (48)

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

Arabic → hasDialectGroup → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Lebanese American → languageUsed → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lebanese Arabic
Palestinian → hasLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Levantine Arabic → partOf → Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Arabic language continuum
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
Bethlehem → primaryLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Gulf Arabic → distinctFrom → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Mesopotamian Arabic → neighboringDialectGroup → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Ramallah → primarySpokenLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → influencedBy → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Egyptian Arabic → lexicalSimilarityWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Shami Arabic → alternativeName → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Shami Arabic → alternativeName → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Levantine Colloquial Arabic
Shami Arabic → subgroupOf → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mashriqi 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
Colloquial Arabic → includes → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Lebanese people → language → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lebanese Arabic
Palestinian territories → spokenLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Deir al-Balah → dialect → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Zarqa → languageUsed → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordanian Arabic
Sanʽani Arabic → isDistinctFrom → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Masri → isDistinctFrom → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Samaritans → language → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Peninsular Arabic → contrastedWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Damascene Arabic → subclassOf → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Damascene Arabic → subclassOf → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Arabic
Damascene Arabic → subclassOf → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mashriqi Arabic
Damascene Arabic → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Beirut Arabic
Damascene Arabic → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aleppo Arabic
Damascene Arabic → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Damascene Arabic → mutuallyIntelligibleWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jordanian Arabic
Gazans → primaryLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Levantine peoples → hasLanguage → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Mamluk Arabic → hasInfluenceOn → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Palestinian Christians → language → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Palestinian Arabic
Latakia Governorate → language → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: Syrian Arabic
Jabal Amel → dialect → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: North Levantine Arabic
Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
this entity surface form: South Levantine Arabic