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 Speaker CountEthnologue total figure, 2024. StatusWikipedia article on Egyptian Arabic: a currently spoken living language with an active native-speaker population; checked 2026-09-27. Classification
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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. Glottolog: Egyptian Arabic (Glottolog languoid egyp1253)
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AES status: not endangered
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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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Infobox, Speakers (Total)
119 million (2024)
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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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