Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

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A language of Syria

ISO 639-3
apc
Alternate Names
Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, North Levantine Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Population

8,800,000 in Syria (1991). 6,000,000 in Lebanese-Central Syrian, 1,000,000 in North Syrian. Population total all countries: 14,426,540.

Location

Also in Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Cyprus, Dominican Republic, Egypt, French Guiana, Israel, Jamaica, Lebanon, Mali, Puerto Rico, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey.

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Language Status

3 (Wider communication). De facto national working language.

Classification
Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic
Dialects

There is an urban standard dialect based on Damascus speech. Beiruti dialect well accepted. Aleppo dialect shows Mesopotamian (North Syrian) influence.

Language Use

Drama.

Language Development
Radio programs. TV. Bible portions: 1973.
Language Resources
OLAC resources in and about Arabic, North Levantine Spoken
Writing
Arabic script.
Other Comments

Muslim, Christian, Druze, Jewish.

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