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Syrian Arabic
Native to
Syria
Ethnicity
Syrians
Native speakers
L1: 19 million (2023)[1] L2: 2.0 million (2023)[1]
Language family
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Arabic
Syrian Arabic
Writing system
Arabic alphabet Arabic chat alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3
(covered by apc)
Syrian Arabic refers to any of the Arabic varieties spoken in Syria,[2] or specifically to Levantine Arabic.[3][4]
^ abSyrian Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024)
^Behnstedt, Peter (2011-05-30). "Syria". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics.
^Stowasser, Karl (2004). A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic: English-Arabic. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-105-2. OCLC 54543156.
^Cowell, Mark W. (1964). A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic. Georgetown University Press. OCLC 249229002.
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