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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
• Useful Arabic phrases

Egyptian Arabic

• Useful Egyptian Arabic phrases

Sudanese Arabic

• Sudanese Arabic: useful words & phrases
• Sudanese Arabic for travellers

Domari

• Domari Language Words

Coptic Egyptian

• The Coptic Language
• Coptic Vocabulary List for Beginners

Alphabet and Pronunciation

Modern Standard Arabic

• Arabic Phonology
• Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation
• Arabic Alphabet
• The Arabic Alphabet

Egyptian Arabic

• Egyptian Arabic Phonology
• Egyptian Arabic Alphabet and Pronunciation

Sa'idi Arabic

• Saʽidi Arabic Phonology

Domari

• Domari Orthography
• Domari Alphabet and Pronunciation

Nobiin

• Noblin Phonology
• Noblin Alphabet and Pronunciation

Beja

• Beja Phonology
• Noblin Alphabet and Pronunciation

Siwi

• Siwi Phonology
• Siwi Alphabet and Pronunciation

Coptic Egyptian

• Coptic Egyptian Phonology
• Coptic Alphabet and Pronunciation

Language Aids and Dictionaries

• Ancient Egyptian Language (history)
• Languages of Egypt

Modern Standard Arabic

• Arabic Modern Standard
• Dictionary English - Arabic

Egyptian Arabic

• Egyptian Arabic Dictionary
• Arabic (Egyptian Spoken)
• Dictionary English - Egyptian Arabic

Sa'idi Arabic

• About: Saʽidi Arabic
• Dictionary English - Saidi Arabic

Northwest Arabian Arabic or (Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic)

• About: Northwest Arabian Arabic
• Northwest Arabian Arabic
• Dictionary English - Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic

Sudanese Arabic

• Dictionary English - Sudanese Arabic
• Learn To Speak Sudanese Arabic

Domari

• Dictionary English - Domari English

Nobiin

• Noblin Grammar
• Dictionary English - Nobiin

Beja

• Beja Grammar
• Dictionary English - Beja

Siwi

• Siwi Grammar
• Dictionary English - Siwi

Coptic Egyptian

• Coptic Egyptian Grammar
• Dictionary English - Coptic
• The Coptic Language

Additional Resources

• Elementary modern standard Arabic
• Conversational modern standard Arabic
• Coptic: Ancient language still spoken today
• Four Languages of Egypt
• Egyptian language