Syrian Arabic

Syrian Arabic

Infobox Language
name=Syrian Arabic
familycolor=Afro-Asiatic
states=Syria
fam2=Semitic
fam3=West Semitic
fam4=Central Semitic
fam5=South-Central Semitic
fam6=Arabic
script=Arabic alphabet
nation="none"
agency="none"
iso3=apc

Syrian Arabic ( _ar. اللهجة السورية) is a Levantine variety of Arabic spoken in Syria. Syria has three major dialectal zones. Central from Damascus to Hama and North in the Aleppo region. Varieties of Syrian Arabic are spoken in these zones.

In the East, mainly in Al-Hasakah, Ar-Raqqah, and Deir ez-Zor, varieties of Iraqi Arabic and North Mesopotamian Arabic are spoken. These are not regarded as forms of "Syrian Arabic".

The diagnostic features of Syrian Arabic (also found in Lebanese Arabic and urban Palestinian Arabic) are:
*the pronunciation of final "-ah" as "é";
*the pronunciation of "qaf" as a glottal stop (/IPA|ʔ/).

ee also

*North Syrian Arabic
*Levantine Arabic
*Varieties of Arabic

External links

*http://syrianarabic.com Free course (with copyright).
*http://www.dalilusa.com/arabic_course/syrian_course_samples.asp 2 free lessons (other lessons require payment).


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