Egypt
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For more detail consult the Ethnologue entry for Egypt.
Languages that are mainly used in this country: (9)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| ara | Arabic | |
| avl | Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi | Arabic, Levantine Bedawi, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Arabic, Levantine Bedawi Spoken Arabic |
| arz | Arabic, Egyptian | Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Lower Egypt Arabic, Massry, Modern Egyptian Language, Normal Egyptian Arabic |
| aec | Arabic, Sa’idi | Saidi Arabic, Saidi Spoken Arabic, Upper Egypt Arabic |
| cop | Coptic | |
| egy | Egyptian (Ancient) | |
| esl | Egyptian Sign Language | ESL, Egypt Sign Language, LIM, Lughat al-Ishaara al-Masriya, Lughat al-‘Ishāra al-Maṣriyya |
| xnz | Mattokki | Kenuz, Kenuzi, Kenzi, Kunuz, Kunuz Nubian, Kunuzi |
| siz | Siwi | Jlan n Isiwan, Oasis Berber, Sioua, Siwa, Zenati, ijlaan n siwaan |
Other languages used in this country: (24)
| ISO Code | Name | Alternate Names |
|---|---|---|
| ady | Adyghe | Adyge, Adygei, Adygey, Adəgăbză, Cherkes, Kiakh, Kjax, Lower Circassian, Lowland Adyghe, West Circassian, Western Adyghe, Western Circassian |
| amh | Amharic | Beta Israel |
| ara | Arabic | |
| arq | Arabic, Algerian | Algerian, Algerian Arabic, Algerian Spoken Arabic, Darija, Darja, Dziria |
| aao | Arabic, Algerian Saharan | Algerian Saharan Arabic, Algerian Saharan Spoken Arabic, Saharan Arabic, Tamanghasset Arabic, Tamanrasset Arabic |
| arz | Arabic, Egyptian | Egyptian Arabic, Egyptian Spoken Arabic, Lower Egypt Arabic, Massry, Modern Egyptian Language, Normal Egyptian Arabic |
| afb | Arabic, Gulf | Bedawi, Emirati Arabic, Gulf Arabic, Gulf Spoken Arabic, Gulf Spoken Spoken, Omani Bedawi Arabic, Qatari |
| apc | Arabic, Levantine | Lebanese-Syrian Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Palestinian-Jordanian, Palestinian-Jordanian Arabic, Syro-Lebanese Arabic, Syro-Palestinian Arabic, il-lahje š-šāmiyye |
| ayl | Arabic, Libyan | Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi, Bedawi, Libyan Arabic, Libyan Spoken Arabic, Libyan Vernacular Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic, Sulaimitian Arabic, Western Egyptian Bedawi Spoken Arabic |
| ary | Arabic, Moroccan | Colloquial Arabic, Darija, Maghrebi Arabic, Maghribi, Moroccan Arabic, Moroccan Colloquial Arabic, Moroccan Dareja, Moroccan Darija, Moroccan Dereja, Moroccan Spoken Arabic, Árabe marroquí |
| apd | Arabic, Sudanese | Arabi, Dārijīya, Khartoum Arabic, Sudanese Arabic, Sudanese Spoken Arabic |
| acq | Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni | Djibouti Arabic, Southern Yemeni Arabic, Southern Yemeni Spoken Arabic, Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic, Ta’izzi-Adeni Spoken Arabic |
| hye | Armenian | Armani, Armjanski, Armjanski Yazyk, Eastern Armenian, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Erâmani, Haieren, Somekhuri, Somkhuri ena |
| hyw | Armenian, Western | West Armenian, Western Armenian |
| bej | Bedawiyet | Bedawi, Bedawiye, Bedawye, Bedja, Bedwi, Bedya, Bedàwie, Beja, Beḍauye, Bidhaaweet, Bidhaawyeet, Biďaːwyéːt, Lobat, Tibďaːwyě, To Bedawiat, To Bedawie, Tu Bdhaawi, Tu-Bedawie, Tubdhaawi |
| cop | Coptic | |
| rmt | Domari | Barake, Dom, Gypsy, Kurbat, Middle Eastern Romani, Mıtrıp, Nawar, Nawari, Near-Eastern Gypsy, Qurbāti, Tsigene |
| eng | English | |
| fra | French | |
| ell | Greek | Demotic Greek, Dimotiki, Greacă, Greco, Görög, Hellenic, Hretsʹkyy, Modern Greek, Modern Greek (1453-), Romaic, Standard Modern Greek, Urum, Yunan |
| xnz | Mattokki | Kenuz, Kenuzi, Kenzi, Kunuz, Kunuz Nubian, Kunuzi |
| fia | Nobiin | Fadicca, Fadicha, Fadija, Fedicca, Fedija, Fiadidja, Fiadidja-Mahas, Fiyadikkya, Mahas, Mahas-Fiadidja, Mahas-Fiyadikkya, Sukot |
| onw | Old Nubian | |
| siz | Siwi | Jlan n Isiwan, Oasis Berber, Sioua, Siwa, Zenati, ijlaan n siwaan |
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