Arabic, North Levantine Spoken

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A language of Syria

ISO 639-3
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Alternate Names
Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, North Levantine Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic
Autonym
اللهجة العربيّة السورىّة‎ (El-lahjeẗ el-‛arabīyeẗ es-sūrīyé)
Population

18,800,000 (2014 J. Leclerc). Total users in all countries: 26,113,550.

Location

Al Ladhiqiyah and Tartus governorates; widespread along Mediterranean coast.

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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. A member of macrolanguage Arabic [ara].

Language Use

Drama. Used as L2 by Northern Kurdish [kmr], Western Neo-Aramaic [amw].

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

Arabic script, Naskh variant [Arab].

Other Comments

Druze, Christian, Jewish, Muslim.

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