Levantine Arabic

Levantine Arabic

شامي
44M speakers · Afroasiatic › Semitic · Arabic
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Written in the arabic script, written right-to-left. Uses SVO word order. Notable features include pronoun dropping.

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Typology

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

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Standard Arabic SemiticEgyptian Arabic SemiticAlgerian Arabic SemiticMoroccan Arabic SemiticSudanese Arabic SemiticAmharic SemiticNajdi Arabic SemiticMesopotamian Arabic Semitic
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