Levantine Arabic
E7623
Levantine Arabic is a major colloquial variety of Arabic spoken primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.
All labels observed (14)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Levantine Arabic canonical | 15 |
| Palestinian Arabic | 11 |
| Jordanian Arabic | 4 |
| Lebanese Arabic | 3 |
| Beirut Arabic | 2 |
| Mashriqi Arabic | 2 |
| North Levantine Arabic | 2 |
| South Levantine Arabic | 2 |
| Syrian Arabic | 2 |
| Aleppine Arabic | 1 |
| Aleppo Arabic | 1 |
| Arabic language continuum | 1 |
| Levantine Colloquial Arabic | 1 |
| Syro-Lebanese Arabic | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T66720 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Levantine Arabic Context triple: [Arabic, hasDialectGroup, Levantine Arabic]
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A.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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B.
Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic is a group of closely related Arabic dialects spoken in North Africa, particularly in countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, characterized by significant Berber, French, and other linguistic influences.
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C.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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D.
Arabs
Arabs are a diverse ethnolinguistic group originating from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions, united primarily by the Arabic language and a shared cultural and historical heritage.
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E.
Berber languages
The Berber languages are a group of closely related Afroasiatic languages traditionally spoken by the Indigenous Amazigh peoples of North Africa, particularly in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Levantine Arabic Target entity description: Levantine Arabic is a major colloquial variety of Arabic spoken primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.
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A.
Arabic
Arabic is a Semitic language widely spoken across the Arab world and used as a liturgical language in Islam.
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B.
Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic is a group of closely related Arabic dialects spoken in North Africa, particularly in countries like Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania, characterized by significant Berber, French, and other linguistic influences.
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C.
Judeo-Arabic
Judeo-Arabic is a group of Arabic dialects historically spoken and written by Jewish communities, typically using the Hebrew script and incorporating Hebrew and Aramaic elements.
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D.
Arabs
Arabs are a diverse ethnolinguistic group originating from the Arabian Peninsula and surrounding regions, united primarily by the Arabic language and a shared cultural and historical heritage.
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E.
Berber languages
The Berber languages are a group of closely related Afroasiatic languages traditionally spoken by the Indigenous Amazigh peoples of North Africa, particularly in countries such as Morocco, Algeria, Libya, and Tunisia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (53)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
colloquial Arabic variety
ⓘ
spoken language ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
surface form:
Levantine
Shami Arabic ⓘ |
| country |
Cyprus
ⓘ
Israel ⓘ Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ State of Palestine ⓘ
surface form:
Palestine
Syria ⓘ Turkey ⓘ |
| dialectOf | Arabic ⓘ |
| glottocode | leva1239 ⓘ |
| hasDialect |
Levantine Arabic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Jordanian Arabic
Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Lebanese Arabic
Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
North Levantine Arabic
Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Palestinian Arabic
Levantine Arabic self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
South Levantine Arabic
Syrian Arabic ⓘ |
| ISOCode | apc ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Arabic
ⓘ
Central Semitic languages ⓘ Semitic languages ⓘ |
| lexicalInfluenceFrom |
Aramaic
ⓘ
English ⓘ French ⓘ Turkish language ⓘ
surface form:
Turkish
|
| morphologicalFeature | simplified verb conjugation compared to Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility |
high with other Levantine varieties
ⓘ
partial with Egyptian Arabic ⓘ |
| notTypicallyUsedFor |
formal writing
ⓘ
official documents ⓘ |
| partOf |
Levantine Arabic
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Arabic language continuum
|
| phonologicalFeature |
emphasis spread
ⓘ
loss of case endings ⓘ |
| region |
Eastern Mediterranean
ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form:
Levant
|
| sociolinguisticFeature | diglossia with Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ |
| spokenIn |
Cyprus
ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ Lebanon ⓘ Northern District, Israel ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Israel
Palestinian territories ⓘ Southern Turkey ⓘ Syria ⓘ |
| standardForm | Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ |
| usedFor |
everyday communication
ⓘ
films ⓘ music ⓘ popular media ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Arabic script
ⓘ
Latin script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Levantine Arabic Description of subject: Levantine Arabic is a major colloquial variety of Arabic spoken primarily in the Eastern Mediterranean region, including countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, and Palestine.
Referenced by (48)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.