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Egyptian Arabic

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Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian or simply as Masri, is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic variety in Egypt.

Facts
ISO 639-3 Code
arz 2
Speaker Count
119,000,000 2
Ethnologue total figure, 2024.
Status
Living 2
Wikipedia article on Egyptian Arabic: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27.
Region
Egypt 2
Classification
Language Kind
Safe 1
Official Status
No Official Status 2
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Word Order
SVO 3
Tone
Not Tonal 4
Egyptian Arabic
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Arabic Script

Egyptian Arabic
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In Family

Afro-Asiatic, Language Families
Source Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic

Written In

Arabic Script, Scripts
Source Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
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Cases Where Used

Copts

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: used in this subject.

Located In

Egypt

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Found In

Africa

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Wikipedia: Egyptian ArabicLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2
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Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian, or simply as Masri, is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic variety in Egypt.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Egyptian Arabic (Glottolog languoid egyp1253)
GlottologEndangerment, AES status
Quote, Endangerment, AES status
AES status: not endangered
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2. Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Lead section
    Egyptian Arabic, locally known as Colloquial Egyptian, or simply as Masri, is the most widely spoken vernacular Arabic variety in Egypt.
  • Infobox: iso3
    arz
  • Infobox, Speakers (Total)
    119 million (2024)
  • Infobox, Region
    Egypt
  • Article text
    Egyptian Arabic has no official status and is not officially recognized as a language in Egypt.
  • In Family: Afro-Asiatic, Infobox, Language family
    Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > Central Semitic > Arabic > Egyptian Arabic
  • Written In: Arabic Script, Infobox, Writing system
    Arabic alphabet
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3. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Arabic (Egyptian) / Order of Subject, Object and Verb (WALS datapoint)
WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures)Datapoint page
Quote, Datapoint page
Feature: Order of Subject, Object and Verb by Matthew S. Dryer Value: SVO
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4. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Arabic (Egyptian) / Tone (WALS datapoint)
WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures)Datapoint page
Quote, Datapoint page
Feature: Tone by Ian Maddieson Value: No tones
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