Alternate Names: Lower Egypt Arabic, Masri, Massry, Normal Egyptian Arabic
Dialects: Cairene Arabic, North Delta Arabic, South Central Delta Arabic. Egyptian Spoken Arabic, based on Cairo speech (Cairene) is the most widely understood variety used for media, both in Egypt and throughout the non-nomadic Arab world. It is an amalgam of Delta Arabic and Middle Egypt Arabic, with borrowings from literary Arabic. A member of macrolanguage Arabic ,.
Status Notes: De facto national working language.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 52,500,000 in Egypt (2006). Population total all countries: 53,990,000.
Language Use: All domains. Also use English [eng] in academic settings. Also use French [fra] in academic settings. Used as L2 by Sa’idi Spoken Arabic [aec], Siwi [siz].
Language Development: Radio programs. Films. TV. NT: 1932–2012.
Spoken In: Egypt
Writing System: Arabic, Braille
Nation of Origin: Egypt
Other Comments: Muslim.