Syrian Arabic
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Syrian Arabic | ||
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Spoken in: | Syria | |
Total speakers: | — | |
Language family: | Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic South-Central Semitic Arabic Syrian Arabic |
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Writing system: | Arabic alphabet | |
Official status | ||
Official language in: | none | |
Regulated by: | none | |
Language codes | ||
ISO 639-1: | none | |
ISO 639-2: | – | |
ISO 639-3: | apc | |
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Syrian Arabic (Arabic: اللهجة السورية) is a Levantine variety of Arabic spoken in Syria. Syria has three major dialectal zones. Central from Damascus to Hama and North in the Aleppo region. Varieties of Syrian Arabic are spoken in these zones. In the East, mainly in Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqah, and Deir ez-Zor, varieties of Iraqi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic are spoken.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- http://syrianarabic.com Free course (with copyright).
- http://www.dalilusa.com/arabic_course/syrian_course_samples.asp 2 free lessons (other lessons require payment).
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