Languages of Egypt
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Egyptians speak a continuum of dialects. The predominant dialect in Egypt is Egyptian Colloquial Arabic or Masri/Masry (مصرى Egyptian), which is the vernacular language.[13] Literary Arabic is the official language[14] and the most widely written. The Coptic language is used primarily by Egyptian Copts and it is the liturgical language of Coptic Christianity.
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Official | Standard Arabic |
Vernacular | Egyptian Arabic (66.7%) (de facto lingua franca) |
Minority | Sa'idi Arabic (24.1%) Sudanese Arabic (1.8%) Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (1.2%) Domari (0.3%) Nobiin (0.4%) Western Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (0.4%) Beja (0.08%) Kenzi (0.03%) Siwi (0.02%) Coptic[1][2] (mostly liturgical) |
Immigrant | Greek Armenian Italian[3] Russian |
Foreign | English (39.98%)[4] French[5] (3.02%)[6][7] |
Signed | Egyptian Sign Language |
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Historical language(s) | Ancient Egyptian Meroitic[9][10][11][12] |
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