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.

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AI-generated illustration of Levantine Arabic

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Prompt

Generate an image of Levantine Arabic (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.)

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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 (69)

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
Ṣaʿīdi → lessIntelligibleWith → Levantine Arabic ⓘ
Kiryat Luza → languageUsed → Palestinian Arabic ⓘ
linked to: Levantine Arabic