Learning Egyptian Arabic

 The native language of Egypt is Arabic, but, of course, with a different flavour. Although Arabic is the sixth most spoken language in the world, Egyptian Arabic is followed by about 50 million people around the world, but most of them are from Egypt. You don't have to be fluent in Egyptian to travel around Egypt. However, some words and phrases can help you in their way. Egyptians are polite to people who want to speak their language and certainly very friendly to such visitors. Arabic language The Arabic language was first used by nomads and tribes of the northern and central Arabian Peninsula. It happened in the 6th and 7th centuries during the Muslim conquests of the countries of the Middle East when Arabic began to spread to areas where it is now spoken. Egyptian Arabic is a subclass of the Eastern Arabic dialect, which is widely followed in regions of North Africa such as Sudan and Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq and Syria. Unlike Egyptian Arabic, Eastern Arabic consis...