Country
Languages of Egypt
The Linguasphere Register records 13 entries for Egypt, spread across 3 of its ten sectors. Each row below links to the Register entry, where the sets, chains and individual languages underneath it can be opened.
13Register entries
3Sectors present
8Zones
0Language entries
0= AFRICA 1= AFRO-ASIAN 5= INDO-EUROPEAN
Register entries recorded in Egypt
| Code | Entry | Level | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
05= | EAST-SAHEL | Zone | Covers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis). |
10= | TAMAZIC | Zone | "Tamazic", "Berber" or Tamasheq+Qabaylith set of languages; part of "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic … |
11= | EGYPTIC | Zone | Covers the "Egyptian" or "Coptic" set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity. |
12-AAC-eaa | cairene-F | Variety | el-Qahira, Cairo, Caïre… |
12-AAC-eag | al-fayyūm | Variety | al-Fayyum |
12-AAC-ebd | al-fayyūm | Variety | Al-Fayyum |
12-AAC-ecb | farāfira | Variety | Qasr-al-Farafirah oasis |
12= | SEMITIC | Zone | Covers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
13= | BEJIC | Zone | Covers the Beja, Bedauye or "North Cushitic" set within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental … |
51= | ROMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
52-A | NORSK + FRYSK | Set | GERMANIC,. |
52= | GERMANIC | Zone | Covers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity. |
59= | INDIC | Zone | Covers the "Indic", "Indo-Aryan" or Hindi + Domari set of languages, part of the "Indo-Iranian" grouping within the … |
Country placements come from the geographic data published with the Linguasphere Register. They mark where a speech community is recorded, not where a language is official. See sources and attribution.