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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.

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ISO 639-3 Code
arz 1
Speaker Count
119,000,000 1
Ethnologue total figure, 2024.
Region
Egypt 1
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1. Wikipedia: 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.
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1. Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
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arz
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1. Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
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119 million (2024)
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1. Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
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Egypt
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1. Wikipedia: Egyptian Arabic
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Afro-Asiatic > Semitic > West Semitic > Central Semitic > Arabic > Egyptian Arabic
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