Re: Egyptian Arabic

Submitted by Paul (United States), Jan 10, 2010 at 22:55

Regardless of what anyone says, Egyptian arabic is the standard for movies, dialect, dialogue, the theater, music and radio. Egyptian arabic is the only arabic understood throughout North Africa, the Middle East and beyond by all. Farsi is Persian. Syrian and Lebanese arabic are NOT anywhere near Egyptian arabic in popularity, productions and exposure. Egyptian arabic is the common denominator to understand people in the geographical areas I mentioned above. While other sources certainly are worthy of mention, they do not come close in popularity. Egyptian arabic has a spoken language, logha darga, a journalistic language which is a mix of litterary and spoken and a litterary language, logha fosha. It is one of the richest forms of expression in the world.

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