Levantine Arabic

GPTKB entity

Statements (63)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:dialect
variety of Arabic
gptkbp:alternativeName gptkb:Eastern_Arabic
gptkb:Shami_Arabic
gptkbp:closelyRelatedTo gptkb:Egyptian_Arabic
gptkb:Gulf_Arabic
gptkb:Mesopotamian_Arabic
gptkbp:codename Glottolog: leva1239
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:North_Levantine_Arabic
gptkb:South_Levantine_Arabic
gptkbp:hasFeature no official standard
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Levantine Arabic
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Aramaic
gptkb:French
gptkb:Greek
gptkb:Hebrew
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Persian
English
Turkish
gptkbp:ISO639-3 apc
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic
gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Semitic
gptkb:Central_Semitic
gptkbp:linguisticFeature emphatic consonants
vowel harmony
distinctive intonation
interdental fricatives
gptkbp:notMutuallyIntelligibleWith gptkb:Maghrebi_Arabic
gptkb:Yemeni_Arabic
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers over 30 million
gptkbp:region gptkb:Eastern_Mediterranean
gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Israel
gptkb:Jordan
gptkb:Lebanon
gptkb:Palestine
gptkb:Syria
gptkb:Levant
gptkbp:subdivision gptkb:Beiruti_Arabic
gptkb:Damascene_Arabic
gptkb:Jordanian_Arabic
gptkb:Northern_Levantine_Arabic
gptkb:Palestinian_Arabic
gptkb:Southern_Levantine_Arabic
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:Lebanese
gptkb:Jordanians
gptkb:Palestinians
gptkb:Syrians
gptkb:Arab_citizens_of_Israel
gptkb:Levantine_Arabs
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:film
gptkb:media
gptkb:music
gptkb:television
daily communication
gptkbp:usedIn urban areas
rural areas
Bedouin communities
gptkbp:writingSystem Arabic script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4