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> The "generic" Egyptian/Lebanese/Syrian dialect will easily be understood by most Middle Easterners and a fair chunk of North Africans. But note that Egyptian
by jnbiche 8y ago
> The "generic" Egyptian/Lebanese/Syrian dialect will easily be understood by most Middle Easterners and a fair chunk of North Africans.
But note that Egyptian Arabic is very different from Lebanese and Syrian Arabic (which both are in the Levantine Arabic family).
- Cyph0n 8y agoDefinitely! I was just pointing out that these three dialects are the most universally understood, primarily due to their domination of Arabic music and film/TV.