About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Egyptian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Varieties of Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Libyan Arabic, Algerian Arabic, Classical Arabic, Jordanian Levantine, Palestinian Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic, Yemeni Arabic, Hass n ya language, Sudanese Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, Hejazi Arabic, Andalusian Arabic, Hadhrami Arabic, Ancient North Arabian, Transliteration of Libyan placenames, Levantine Arabic, Safaitic, Bahrani Arabic, Cypriot Maronite Arabic, Juba Arabic, Sicilian Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Central Asian Arabic, Sa'idi Arabic, Iraqi Arabic, San'a Institute for the Arabic Language, Nigerian Arabic, Shirvani Arabic, North Mesopotamian Arabic, Syrian Arabic, Bedawi Arabic, Baghdad Arabic, Darija, Najdi Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Chadian Arabic, Thamudic language, Omani Arabic, Tajiki Arabic, Hasaitic, Shukria clan, Uzbeki Arabic, Khuzestani Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic, Dhofari Arabic, Kuwaiti Arabic, Shihhi Arabic, Sanaani Arabic, North Syrian Arabic, Adurgari, Arabian Arabic. Excerpt: Egyptian Arabic or Masri (, IPA: , literally The Modern Egyptian Language; abbreviated (Egyptian)) is the language spoken by contemporary Egyptians. It was formally known as, (the Egyptian colloquial language), or also, (Egyptian dialect). Egyptian Arabic is a variety of the Arabic language of the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. It originated in the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt around the capital Cairo. Descended from the spoken Arabic brought to Egypt during the seventh-century AD Muslim conquest, its development was influenced by the indigenous Coptic of pre-Islamic Egypt, and later by other languages such as Turkish/Ottoman Turkish, Italian, French and English. The 80 million Egyptians speak a continuum of dialects, among which Cairene is the most prominent. It is also understood across most of the Arab World due to the predominanc...
