Originally Posted by
arabianofelix
same with me.
no, Lebanese isnt different from rest of arabs dialects. more different is Morrocan or Algeria because of French influence
Arabic has so many dialects, but we tend to understand eachother and our tongues automatically twist and start talking to each other normally so that u can understand. there is also a standard or "Classical" arabic that we can speak, optional, it's the one we are taught in school, and the one books are wrote on. while lets say egyptian or lebanese dialect are only used colloquially, but through out time has developed into scriptive (such as in scripts in movies, TV) but not very different from the standard dialect.
in Egypt, the city Alexanderia if u visit and notice, has street signs in Greek too. when enter the city, it says "Welcome To Alexanderia" in arabic, english, and Boldly, in Greek. many citizens in the city speak greek, some italian too.
the arabic dialect variances are an amazing thing. it can also be seen in the spanish language in Latin America and Spain, but it isn't as rich in the difference.
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