Wording
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Phonetic
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English
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Salam | Sah-lam | Hello/Hi |
Ma a salama |
Mah ah sah-lah-mah | Good Bye! |
Hal tatakallamo alloghah al Enjileziah / Alarabiah? | Hahl tah-tah-kah-lah-moh ahl-oh-gah ahl Ehn-jill-ehz-ee-ah / Ah-lah-rah-bee-ah | Do you speak English / Arabic? |
Esmee… | Ehz-mee | My name is… |
Hal beemkanek mosa’adati | Hahl beam-kah-nehk moh-sah-ah-dah-tee | Can you help me? |
Abhatu an… | Ahb-hah-too ahn | I’m looking for… |
Na’am / Laa | Nah-ahm / Lah | Yes / No |
Assayed / Assayedah / Al Anesah | Ah-say-ehd / Ah-say-ehd-ah / Ahl Ah-ney-sah | Mr / Mrs / Miss |
Alyawm / Al aan | Ahl-yorm / Ahl Ahn | Today / Now |
Ghadan / Albareha | Gah-dahn / Ahl-bah-reh-ah | Tomorrow / Yesterday |
Haza / Zalek / Huna / Hunak | Hah-zah / Zah-lek / Hoo-nah / Hoo-nahk | This / That / Here / There |
Phrases
Above are a few common Arabic phrases to help you get around.
Languages
The national language of Egypt is Modern Standard Arabic, of which, 68% of all speakers speak Egyptian Arabic, 29% speak Sa’idi Arabic, Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic is spoken by about 1.6%, Sudanese Arabic is spoken by about 0.6%, Domari and Noblin are spoken by about 0.6% and the last 0.2% are spoken as Beja, Siwi and several others.
However, Greek, Armenian, Italian, French, German and English are all spoken widely by immigrants and foreign expatriates.