Egyptian Arabic

Arabic dialect spoken in Egypt
Language dialect Q29919
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Egyptian Arabic

Summary

Egyptian Arabic is a dialect[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (677 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Egyptian Arabic is in the country of Egypt[3].
  • Egyptian Arabic's instance of is recorded as dialect[4].
  • Egyptian Arabic's instance of is recorded as modern language[5].
  • Egyptian Arabic's instance of is recorded as natural language[6].
  • Egyptian Arabic is a type of Egypto-Sudanic Arabic[7].
  • Egyptian Arabic's writing system is recorded as Arabic script[8].
  • Egyptian Arabic's writing system is recorded as Arabic chat alphabet[9].
  • Egyptian Arabic's Commons category is recorded as Egyptian Arabic language[10].
  • Egyptian Arabic's Wikimedia language code is recorded as arz[11].
  • Egyptian Arabic comprises Cairene Arabic[12].
  • Egyptian Arabic's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 30, 'lon': 31}[13].
  • Egyptian Arabic's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Egyptian Arabic[14].
  • Egyptian Arabic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+64600000'}[15].
  • Egyptian Arabic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+100542400'}[16].
  • Egyptian Arabic's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'arz', 'text': 'اللغه المصريه الحديثه'}[17].
  • Egyptian Arabic's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'ECA'}[18].
  • Egyptian Arabic's different from is recorded as Egyptian[19].
  • Egyptian Arabic's different from is recorded as Egyptian[20].
  • Egyptian Arabic's indigenous to is recorded as Egypt[21].
  • Egyptian Arabic's exact match is recorded as http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ARZ[22].
  • Egyptian Arabic's Ethnologue language status is recorded as 3 Wider Communication[23].
  • Egyptian Arabic's linguistic typology is recorded as subject–verb–object[24].
  • Egyptian Arabic's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[25].
  • Egyptian Arabic's dialect of is recorded as Arabic[26].
  • Egyptian Arabic's has grammatical gender is recorded as masculine[27].

Why It Matters

Egyptian Arabic ranks in the top 1% of dialect entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (677 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wals.info. wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Language. op.europa.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 29d ago · MarisDreshmanisBot bot · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of Egypto-Sudanic Arabic
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    Topic's main category Category:Egyptian Arabic
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