Egyptian Arabic: Language of Pharaohs, Cinema, and a Polyglot Queen
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🇪🇬🐪Ever wanted to talk like an Egyptian? Now’s your chance! From pharaohs to the pyramids to a polyglot queen, this language is one you won’t want to miss!
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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 – Intro
0:26 – What Is Egyptian Arabic?
2:16 – Ancient Egyptian
5:39 – Middle Ages Arabic
6:46 – Plagues and Prohibitions
7:52 – Egyptian Arabic
12:37 – How Egyptian Got Popular
15:35 – But Is It a Language?
15:35 – Modern Dialects
18:54 – Alphabet & Pronunciation
21:19 – Vocabulary & Writing
23:22 – Grammar
24:55 – Talk Like an Egyptian
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We Asked Egyptians What They Were Doing!
قصتي عن كيف تعلمت لغة العربية كبريطاني (من السعودية لمصر)
How to introduce yourself in Egyption Arabic in 2 minutes 😎
The Sound of the Ancient Egyptian Language
ABANOB – Ancient Egyptian New Year
Coptic: The Final Ancient Egyptian Language
EGYPTIAN LANGUAGES
CLASSICAL / QURANIC ARABIC LANGUAGE
5 Pharaonic Words Egyptians Use Today
5 Egyptian and Greek Words that are Insanely Similar
10 UNBELIEVABLE Egyptian Arabic Words From Italian
Ehab Tawfik – Tetraga Fya (Official Music Video )
CAIRO STATION
Zahret El Madaen
حسين الجسمي – بشرة خير (فيديو كليب) | Hussain Al Jassmi – Boshret Kheir | 2014
The Sound of the Alexandria Egyptian Arabic dialect
Advice On Learning Egyptian Arabic – Interview With Olly Richards
Learn MSA VS Egyptian Arabic letter pronunciation (a brain twist)
😲😲خمس عجائب مش معروفة في العالم العربي
Egyptian Arabic Genders
English guy speaking Egyptian Arabic after 6 months
Speaking EGYPTIAN ARABIC!
What It's Like To Have an Egyptian Friend
1950s EGYPTIAN FILM INDUSTRY
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“Fostat-329” by Rappoport, AS is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
“‘About the soap question,’ Salah Jahine political cartoon” is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons
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This is an amazing topic to discuss. We will always support you, Olly. Just know that your insights are well worth listening to.
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Olly makes me want to learn every language in this world
Right? He is the reason I dived into Arabic so soon
Arabization of Egyptians is one of the saddest moments in history.
We can’t do anything about historical events though
If you asked the Egyptians to choose between speaking the Coptic language or the Arabic language, they would choose Arabic.
Therefore, your opinion may contradict the opinion of the Egyptians
aaand.. the French invading England changed English, the English invading Ireland changed Gaelic… Tamzight was changed by Arabic, Arabic was changed by French, South America is a mass of lost languages due to Spanish and Portuguese colonization. The British, Dutch and Spanish wiped out all the native American languages AND their people in North America.. It’s a similar story throughout the rest of the World.
It’s not unique that Arabic came into Egypt – at least it didn’t destroy everything and transplant their culture.
So I’m not sure what your point is
لا مافرقش كتير معايا الصراحة بتفرق بس مع جزء من المجتمع المصري بيسمي نفسه أولاد كيميت و حامي التاريخ المصري و في الحقيقة دي حاجات خلصانة من سنين فاتت أنا كل اللي يفرقلي إني إتولدت بتكلم بلهجتي اللي ممكن أعتبرها لغة زيادة غير العربية الفصحى .
I responded to you in egyptian dialect (my mother tongue)
Nice work Olly
Hello Olly Richards, and Hello lovers of learning the Arabic language. The language of the Pharaohs is the Coptic language, which has become extinct. I do not advise anyone to learn the Egyptian dialect unless he wants to speak it with his Egyptian friends only, because the Egyptian dialect is far from the standard language and the exits of letters as well. The closest to it is the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, so many go to Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, etc. to learn Arabic
There are distinct curricula for learning Arabic for non-native speakers, so we see many Westerners speak Arabic better than Arabs, even though it is a difficult language.
Note that the Coptic language is still used liturgically, so it’s not completely unused
Cleopatra Ptolemy would have spoken Greek as her native tongue as she was Macedonian. Her second language was probably Latin and her third language would have been Egyptian (Coptic being the most recent version) which would have been similar to Greek in written and spoken form. One can still go to the Coptic Orthodox churches and hear it spoken.
Hindu-arabic numerals are the best imo. It is the most widely used numeral system.
This, Old Norse, and Old English are the old languages that I would like to learn most.
Hey Olly ever thought about Scottish Gaelic just asking
You have to do the same with Levantine arabic!
Pharaohs spoke Ancient Egyptian, not Arabic! Their original language is now practically extinct, as it was replaced with Arabic with the Muslim invasion of Egypt.
Well that’s absolutely right I’m living in a village that talks the menya accent and the next village is speaking like Saudi ppl exactly
Amazing video! I love your sources and I’m even subscribed to ilovelanguages and linguamid.
Thank you, Olly! Please cover the Levantine dialect next!
th is not always changed to an S, sometimes it is changed into T. for example te3ban instead of tho3ban (snake)
Perfect timing, I was just starting to learn Arabic with Egyptian dialect!
Hey olly would you please make a video about levantine and Syrian accents “I know it’s a small region but their is lots of dialects in here😂”
As an Egyptian I am delighted to see the video and the effort behind it ❤
It is great
Small thing though, Arabic (both MSA and Egyptian) does not have vowels
In MSA, all letters are consonant and written in their consonant form, but we add حركات (something like accents) which can change the meaning significantly
In Egyptian, حركات are not used and words generally have one form
In both cases, there are no vowels in the English sense