Egypt Languages

Description
The official language of the Arab Republic of Egypt is Arabic.

The spoken languages are: and others.
 * Egyptian Arabic (68%),
 * Sa'idi Arabic (29%),
 * Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabic (1.6%),
 * Sudanese Arabic (0.6%),
 * Domari (0.3%),
 * Nobiin (0.3%),
 * Beja (0.1%),
 * Siwi

Additionally, Greek, Armenian and Italian, and more recently, African languages like Amharic and Tigrigna are the main languages of immigrants.

The main foreign languages taught in schools, by order of popularity, are English, French, German and Italian.

Word List(s)
For word lists and help researching in Egyptian records, see:
 * Arabic Genealogical Word List

Language Aids and Dictionaries

 * Egyptian Arabic Dictionary
 * Ancient Egyptian Language (history)
 * Languages of Egypt