The Jeliya catalogue uses مصري / Egyptian Arabic. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language as Egyptian Arabic (egyp1253). Its ISO 639-3 code is arz. [1]
Draft — awaiting native-speaker review
An everyday spoken Arabic variety with a strong presence in film and music. Regional Egyptian speech is not uniform.
Opening retained from the existing catalogue; awaiting editorial and speaker review.The Jeliya catalogue uses مصري / Egyptian Arabic. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language as Egyptian Arabic (egyp1253). Its ISO 639-3 code is arz. [1]
Glottolog associates this record with the following country codes: EG, IL, LY. Catalogue locations do not enumerate diaspora or second-language use. [1]
No dated, scope-checked speaker estimate has been approved for this page.
The catalogue classification follows this sequence: Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → West Semitic → Central Semitic → Arabian → Arabic → Egyptic Arabic → Egypto-Sudanic Arabic. [1]
The Glottolog bibliography includes a linguistic description attributed to Bowdich, Thomas Edward 1821 and a more recent one attributed to Wilhelm Spitta-Bey 1880. These are publication dates, not language origins. [1]
Arabic writing and informal Latin transliteration coexist. Label Arabizi as transliteration and retain the original source; historical Hebrew-script records stay separate.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.No lexical tone. Long/short vowels, emphatics and pharyngeals; Cairene ج commonly /ɡ/ and ق commonly /ʔ/ in everyday vocabulary. Stress depends on syllable structure.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A PHOIBLE record links published sound-inventory descriptions for this language. Inventory analysis can differ by variety and study; example words, letter values and a learner-facing pronunciation table still require a checked reference and speaker recordings. [5]
A reviewed alphabet, sound-by-sound IPA guide and reference recordings are still needed.
Awaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
SVO common, aspect prefixes and clitics; negation often uses ma…š but varies by predicate type. No productive MSA case endings in ordinary conversation.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A language-specific Grambank record is linked for comparison of grammatical features and their underlying references. Feature coding is an analytical resource; it is not a beginner explanation, a complete grammar or a substitute for a teacher’s review. [4]
Cairene Egyptian Arabic; regional varieties labelled
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Named child varieties in this record include Cairene Arabic, Central Delta Nile Arabic, Central-Northern-Eastern Šarqiyya, Northern frontier ilŠarqiyya-Parts of idDaqahliyya, Southwestern frontier ilŠarqiyya-Southern parts of idDaqahliyya-Southeastern parts of the centre of the Delta, Eastern Egyptian Arabic, Helebi, Daqahliyya-Eastern Kr. išŠēx-Parts of Ġarbiyya, Manzala, Northeast Nile Delta Arabic, Biḥēra-Western Minufiyya-Western Ġarbiyya-Parts of Gīze, Burullus. These labels do not select Jeliya’s teaching variety. [1]
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Open the dictionaryAwaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Editorial adaptation: Jeliya
Language reviewer: awaiting appointment
Last revision: 10/12/2026
Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath and Sebastian Bank
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Source checked: 10/12/2026Wilhelm Spitta-Bey 1880
Source checked: 10/12/2026