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Egypt

Languages

Description

The official language of the Arab Republic of Egypt is Arabic.

The spoken languages are:

• Egyptian Arabic (68%),
• Sa'idi Arabic (29%),
• Northwest Arabian Arabic or (Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic) (1.6%),
• Sudanese Arabic (0.6%),
• Domari (0.3%),
• Nobiin (0.3%),
• Beja (0.1%),
• Siwi

and others.

Additionally, Greek, Armenian and Italian, and more recently, African languages like Amharic and Tigrigna are the main languages of immigrants.

The main foreign languages taught in schools, by order of popularity, are English, French, German and Italian.

Historically Egyptian was spoken, of which the latest stage is Coptic Egyptian. Spoken Coptic was mostly extinct by the 17th century but may have survived in isolated pockets in Upper Egypt as late as the 19th century. It remains in use as the liturgical language of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria. It forms a separate branch among the family of Afroasiatic languages.

Word List(s)

Modern Standard Arabic

• Arabic Genealogical Word List
• Arabic Vocabulary at ModernStandardArabic
• Useful Arabic phrases at Omniglot

Egyptian Arabic

• Useful Egyptian Arabic phrases at Omniglot

Sudanese Arabic

• Sudanese Arabic: useful words & phrases at TurningSudanese
• Sudanese Arabic for travellers at SafariJunkie

Domari

• Domari Language Words at RelatedWords

Coptic Egyptian

• The Coptic Language at Suscopts
• Coptic Vocabulary List for Beginners at Ikladious

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Modern Standard Arabic

• Arabic Phonology at Wikipedia
• Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot
• Arabic Alphabet at TheArabicLearner
• The Arabic Alphabet at Optilingo

Egyptian Arabic

• Egyptian Arabic Phonology at Wikipedia
• Egyptian Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Sa'idi Arabic

• Saʽidi Arabic Phonology at Wikipedia

Domari

• Domari Orthography at Wikipedia
• Domari Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Nobiin

• Noblin Phonology at Wikipedia
• Noblin Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Beja

• Beja Phonology at Wikipedia
• Noblin Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Siwi

• Siwi Phonology at Wikipedia
• Siwi Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Coptic Egyptian

• Coptic Egyptian Phonology at Wikipedia
• Coptic Alphabet and Pronunciation at Omniglot

Language Aids and Dictionaries

• Ancient Egyptian Language (history) at Crystalinks
• Languages of Egypt at Wikipedia

Modern Standard Arabic

• Arabic Modern Standard at MustGo
• Dictionary English - Arabic at Glosbe

Egyptian Arabic

• Arabic (Egyptian Spoken) at MustGo
• Dictionary English - Egyptian Arabic at Glosbe

Sa'idi Arabic

• About: Saʽidi Arabic at Dbpedia
• Dictionary English - Saidi Arabic at Glosbe

Northwest Arabian Arabic or (Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic)

• About: Northwest Arabian Arabic at Dbpedia
• Northwest Arabian Arabic at Wikivisually
• Dictionary English - Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic at Glosbe

Sudanese Arabic

• Dictionary English - Sudanese Arabic at Glosbe
• Learn To Speak Sudanese Arabic at TalkInArabic

Domari

• Dictionary English - Domari English at Glosbe

Nobiin

• Noblin Grammar at Wikipedia
• Dictionary English - Nobiin at Glosbe

Beja

• Beja Grammar at Wikipedia
• Dictionary English - Beja at Glosbe

Siwi

• Siwi Grammar at Wikipedia
• Dictionary English - Siwi at Glosbe

Coptic Egyptian

• Coptic Egyptian Grammar at Wikipedia
• Dictionary English - Coptic at Glosbe
• The Coptic Language at Suscopts

Additional Resources

• Simon & Schuster Audio (Firm), and Pimsleur (Firm). Conversational modern standard Arabic. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2012. Available at: WorldCat.
• Abboud, Peter F, and Ernest N McCarus. Elementary modern standard Arabic. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Available at: WorldCat.
• Coptic: Ancient language still spoken today at EgyptToday
• Four Languages of Egypt at AlphaOmegaTranslations
• Egyptian language at Wikipedia