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The term Egyptian Arabic is usually used synonymously with " Cairene Arabic ", which is technically a dialect of Egyptian Arabic. The country's native name, مصر Maṣr, is often used locally to refer to Cairo itself. As is the case with Parisian French, Cairene Arabic is by far the most prevalent dialect in the country.
" Miṣr" (Arabic pronunciation:; "مِصر") is the Classical Quranic Arabic and modern official name of Egypt, while "Maṣr" (Egyptian Arabic pronunciation:; مَصر) is the local pronunciation in Egyptian Arabic, with the full official name being "Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah" and "Gomhoreyyet Maṣr el-ʿArabeyya" in Standard and ...
Egyptians speak a continuum of dialects. The predominant dialect in Egypt is Egyptian Colloquial Arabic or Masri / Masry ( مصرى Egyptian ), which is the vernacular language. [13] Literary Arabic is the official language [14] and the most widely written. The Coptic language is used primarily by Egyptian Copts and it is the liturgical ...
Cairo ( / ˈkaɪroʊ / ⓘ KY-roh; Arabic: القاهرة, romanized :al-Qāhirah) [6] is the capital of Egypt and the city-state Cairo Governorate, and is the country's largest city, home to 10 million people. [7]
Arabic is currently Egypt's official language. It came to Egypt in the 7th century, and it is the formal and official language of the state which is used by the government and newspapers. Meanwhile, the Egyptian Arabic dialect or Masri is the official spoken language of the people.
The spoken vernaculars are Egyptian Arabic, Saʽidi Arabic, and their variants; and also Bedawi Arabic in the Sinai, and Western Egyptian Arabic in the Western desert. The most prestigious and widely spread vernacular is known as Cairene Arabic , being spoken by about 50% of the population, and the second, less prestigious, being Saidi Arabic ...
Al-Ahram ( Arabic: الأهرام; lit. 'The Pyramids' ), founded on 5 August 1876, is the most widely circulating Egyptian daily newspaper, and the second oldest after al-Waqa'i`al-Masriya ( The Egyptian Events, founded 1828). [2] It is majority owned by the Egyptian government, and is considered a newspaper of record for Egypt.
The national flag of Egypt ( Arabic: عَلَمْ مِصر [ˈʕælæm mɑsˤɾ]) is a tricolour consisting of the three equal horizontal red, white, and black bands of the Egyptian revolutionary flag that dates back to the 1952 Egyptian Revolution. The flag bears Egypt's national emblem, the Egyptian eagle of Saladin, centred in the white band.