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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

CodeEntryLevelNote
05=EAST-SAHELZoneCovers the "East-Sahel" reference area (part of the "Nilo-Saharan" hypothesis).
10=TAMAZICZone"Tamazic", "Berber" or Tamasheq+Qabaylith set of languages; part of "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic …
11=EGYPTICZoneCovers the "Egyptian" or "Coptic" set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental affinity.
12-AAC-eaacairene-FVarietyel-Qahira, Cairo, Caïre…
12-AAC-eagal-fayyūmVarietyal-Fayyum
12-AAC-ebdal-fayyūmVarietyAl-Fayyum
12-AAC-ecbfarāfiraVarietyQasr-al-Farafirah oasis
12=SEMITICZoneCovers the "Semitic" or ’Aramita + Amarinya set, part of the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
13=BEJICZoneCovers the Beja, Bedauye or "North Cushitic" set within the "Afro-Asiatic" or "Hamito-Semitic" intercontinental …
51=ROMANICZoneCovers the "Romance" or Italiano + Româneasca set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
52-ANORSK + FRYSKSetGERMANIC,.
52=GERMANICZoneCovers the "Germanic" or Norsk + Frysk set, part of the "Indo-European" intercontinental affinity.
59=INDICZoneCovers 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.