Arabic, Sa’idi Spoken
A language of Egypt
| Population | 19,000,000 (2006). |
| Region | Cairo south edge to Sudan border. Middle Egypt in Bani Sweef, Fayyuum, and Gizeh; Upper Egypt from Asyuut to Edfu and south. |
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Egypt and Libya |
| Alternate names | Sa’idi, Upper Egypt Arabic |
| Dialects | Middle Egypt Arabic, Upper Egypt Arabic. Similar to Sudanese Arabic [apd], especially in the south, but heavily influenced by Cairene Arabic (Cairo speech). |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara] (Saudi Arabia). |
| Language use | Prefer Cairene over Sudanese. Cairene speakers do not understand Sa’idi, but speakers of Sa’idi understand Cairene, and some use it as L2. |
| Comments | Some might be in Libya or the Gulf. |
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