Levantine Arabic

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Levantine Arabic is a major colloquial variety of Arabic spoken primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.

All labels observed (14)

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Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colloquial Arabic variety
spoken language
alternativeName Levantine
Shami Arabic
country Cyprus
Israel
Jordan
Lebanon
Palestine
linked to: State of Palestine

Syria
Turkey
dialectOf Arabic
glottocode leva1239
hasDialect Jordanian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic

Lebanese Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic

North Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic

Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic

South Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic

Syrian Arabic
ISOCode apc
languageFamily Arabic
Central Semitic languages
Semitic languages
lexicalInfluenceFrom Aramaic
English
French
Turkish
linked to: Turkish language
morphologicalFeature simplified verb conjugation compared to Classical Arabic
mutualIntelligibility high with other Levantine varieties
partial with Egyptian Arabic
notTypicallyUsedFor formal writing
official documents
partOf Arabic language continuum
linked to: Levantine Arabic
phonologicalFeature emphasis spread
loss of case endings
region Eastern Mediterranean
Levant
sociolinguisticFeature diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic
spokenIn Cyprus
Jordan
Lebanon
Northern Israel
Palestinian territories
Southern Turkey
Syria
standardForm Modern Standard Arabic
usedFor everyday communication
films
music
popular media
television series
writingSystem Arabic script
Latin script

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Referenced by (48)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Arabic hasDialectGroup Levantine Arabic
Lebanese American languageUsed Lebanese Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Palestinian hasLanguage Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Arabs includeSpeakersOf Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic partOf Arabic language continuum
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic hasDialect North Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic hasDialect South Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic hasDialect Lebanese Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic hasDialect Jordanian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic hasDialect Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Bethlehem primaryLanguage Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Gulf Arabic distinctFrom Levantine Arabic
Ramallah primarySpokenLanguage Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Egyptian Arabic influencedBy Syro-Lebanese Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Egyptian Arabic lexicalSimilarityWith Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic alternativeName Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic alternativeName Levantine Colloquial Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic subgroupOf Mashriqi Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic hasDialect Aleppine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic hasDialect Beirut Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic hasDialect Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Shami Arabic hasDialect Jordanian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Colloquial Arabic includes Levantine Arabic
Lebanese people language Lebanese Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Palestinian territories spokenLanguage Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Deir al-Balah dialect Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Zarqa languageUsed Jordanian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Sanʽani Arabic isDistinctFrom Levantine Arabic
Masri isDistinctFrom Levantine Arabic
Samaritans language Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Peninsular Arabic contrastedWith Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic subclassOf Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic subclassOf Syrian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic subclassOf Mashriqi Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic mutuallyIntelligibleWith Beirut Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic mutuallyIntelligibleWith Aleppo Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic mutuallyIntelligibleWith Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Damascene Arabic mutuallyIntelligibleWith Jordanian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Gazans primaryLanguage Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Levantine peoples hasLanguage Levantine Arabic
Mamluk Arabic hasInfluenceOn Levantine Arabic
Palestinian Christians language Palestinian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Latakia Governorate language Syrian Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Jabal Amel dialect Levantine Arabic
Arabic language continuum hasPart Levantine Arabic
Arabic language continuum hasPart North Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic
Arabic language continuum hasPart South Levantine Arabic
linked to: Levantine Arabic