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  2. Lebanese Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Lebanese Arabic (Arabic: عَرَبِيّ لُبْنَانِيّ ʿarabiyy lubnāniyy; autonym: ʿarabe lebnēne [ˈʕaɾabe ləbˈneːne]), or simply Lebanese (Arabic: لُبْنَانِيّ lubnāniyy; autonym: lebnēne [ləbˈneːne]), is a variety of North Levantine Arabic, indigenous to and primarily spoken in Lebanon, with significant linguistic influences borrowed from other Middle ...

  3. Levantine Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: ‏ شامي ‎ šāmi or اللهجة الشاميةel-lahje š-šāmiyye), is an Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana, Mersin and Hatay provinces). With over 54 million speakers, Levantine is ...

  4. Levantine Arabic phonology - Wikipedia

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    Northern Levantine Arabic, spoken in Lebanon, Syria (except the Hauran area south of Damascus) and Northern Israel. It is characterized by: a widespread pronunciation of /q/ as [ʔ] (the Druze, however, retain the uvular [q]). A strong tendency to pronounce long /aː/ as [eː] (imala) in a front phonemic context or [oː] (tafkhim) in a back ...

  5. Varieties of Arabic - Wikipedia

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    Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively. [2] Arabic is a Semitic language within the Afroasiatic family that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. There are considerable variations from region to region, with degrees of mutual intelligibility that are often related ...

  6. Levantine Arabic grammar - Wikipedia

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    The book is being written. VII: progressive الكتاب انكتب. le-ktāb inkatab: The book has been written. / The book was written. VII: past tense الكتاب كان مكتوب. le-ktāb kān maktūb: The book was written. I: kān + passive participle الكتاب رح ينكتب. le-ktāb raḥ yinkateb: The book will be written. VII ...

  7. Levantine Arabic vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Levantine words coming from Classical Arabic have undergone three common phonological processes: Regressive vowel harmony: The first vowel /a/ has changed to /u/ in harmony with the following vowel /u/, Final vowel deletion: The final vowel /u/ is deleted, and. Initial consonant addition: A voiced bilabial consonant is often added before ...

  8. Said Akl - Wikipedia

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    Said Akl (Arabic: سعيد عقل, Saʿīd ʿAql, also transliterated Saïd Akl, Said Aql and Saeed Akl; 4 July 1911 – 28 November 2014) was a Lebanese poet, philosopher, writer, playwright and language reformer. He is considered one of the most important Lebanese poets of the modern era. [2][3][4] He is most famous for his advocacy on behalf ...

  9. Languages of Lebanon - Wikipedia

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    In Lebanon, most people communicate in the Lebanese dialect of Levantine Arabic, but Lebanon's official language is Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). French is recognized and used next to MSA on road signs and Lebanese banknotes. Lebanon's native sign language is the Lebanese dialect of Levantine Arabic Sign Language.