Alternate Names: Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, North Levantine Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Dialects: There is an urban standard dialect based on Damascus speech. Beiruti dialect well accepted. Aleppo dialect shows Mesopotamian (North Syrian) influence. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto national working language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 8,800,000 in Syria (1991). Population total all countries: 14,426,540.
Language Use: Drama. Used as L2 by Northern Kurdish [kmr], Western Neo-Aramaic [amw].
Language Development: Radio programs. TV. Bible portions: 1973.
Spoken In: Lebanon, Syria
Writing System: Arabic
Nation of Origin: Syria, Lebanon
Other Comments: Druze, Christian, Jewish, Muslim.