Languages
Native
Arabic (Egyptian)
99%
Secondary languages
English
35%
Language Samples
مرحبا، كيف حالك؟
Marhaba, kayfa halak?
Hello, how are you?
أنا بخير، شكراً لك.
Ana bikhair, shukran lak.
I am fine, thank you.
واحد، اثنان، ثلاثة، أربعة، خمسة، ستة، سبعة، ثمانية، تسعة، عشرة.
Wahid, ithnan, thalatha, arba'a, khamsa, sitta, sab'a, thamaniya, tis'a, ashara.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Linguistic History
Egyptian Arabic evolved from Classical Arabic brought by Arab conquerors in the 7th century CE, blending with remnants of Coptic — the final stage of the ancient Egyptian language. Over centuries it absorbed vocabulary from Coptic, Ottoman Turkish, French, Italian, and English. Today it is the most widely understood Arabic dialect in the world, largely through the influence of Egyptian cinema, television, and music. Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) remains the language of formal writing, education, and official media.
Similar Languages
Hebrew
58%
Amharic
22%
Maltese
30%
Tigrinya
18%
Media
Did You Know
01
Egyptian Arabic is sometimes called 'Masri' (مصري) by its speakers — simply meaning 'Egyptian'.
02
Egypt's Coptic language, a descendant of ancient Egyptian, is still used liturgically in the Coptic Orthodox Church.
03
Egypt has the largest Arabic-speaking population in the world, with over 100 million speakers.