Egyptian Arabic

Egyptian Arabic

مصري
101M speakers · Afroasiatic › Semitic · Arabic
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EgyptLibyaPalestine
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Written in the arabic script, written right-to-left. Uses VSO word order with fusional morphology. Notable features include 2 grammatical genders, a politeness/honorific system, pronoun dropping.

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Typology

Word order SVO
Adjective after noun
Adposition preposition
Def. article no
Indef. article no
Pro-drop yes
Tonal no
Gender yes
Noun cases no

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