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Very nice! Like many here, I got confused with the Egyptian sounding of the numbers. I think the default should be Classical Arabic, with dialects supports. I

• scooke 3y ago
  I've met lots of Egyptians in my life, but I've never met anyone from any countries that might claim to use classical Arabic. So if this is for non-Arab world Learners, I imagine that learning the dialect most likely to be encountered is fine.
  • Bilal_io 3y ago
    As a North African Arab (not Egyptian), I interact with other arabs each using their own dialect, because they wouldn't be able to understand my dialect easily. However, the claim being made about Modern Standard (not classical) Arabic or MSA for short, is that you can use it to communicate with any Arab around the world, anyone with highschool or even middle school level of education can communicate with you. You may hear the claim that Egyptian Arabic is understood by everyone in the Arab world and that's true. But reminder that Egyptians understand most other dialects. You can imagine a person speaking Qatari with an Egyptian, it's possible that each uses their dialect and understand each other. But that wouldn't be the case for someone that only knows Egyptian.
  • meitham 3y ago
    I was actually thinking of my kids when I suggested that. Born in the west to Arab parents but can’t read/write Arabic. They definitely can’t understand Egyptian Arabic, but they listen to modern Classical Arabic so it’s easier to their ears.