Syrian Arabic

Not to be confused with Levantine Arabic.
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Syrian Arabic
Native toSyria
EthnicitySyrians
Native speakers
L1: 19 million (2023)[1]
L2: 2.0 million (2023)[1]
Arabic alphabet
Arabic chat alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3(covered by apc)
IETFapc-SY

Syrian Arabic refers to any of the Arabic varieties spoken in Syria,[2] or specifically to Levantine Arabic.[3][4]

  1. ^ a b Syrian Arabic at Ethnologue (27th ed., 2024) Closed access icon
  2. ^ Behnstedt, Peter (2011-05-30). "Syria". Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics.
  3. ^ Stowasser, Karl (2004). A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic: English-Arabic. Georgetown University Press. ISBN 978-1-58901-105-2. OCLC 54543156.
  4. ^ Cowell, Mark W. (1964). A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic. Georgetown University Press. OCLC 249229002.