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Wikipedia Egyptian Arabic

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1. Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)
   01 July 2008 03:21

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2. Jon Harald Søby
   01 July 2008 04:28

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   I concur.

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   01 July 2008 13:50

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4. Jon Harald Søby
   01 July 2008 14:28

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   مصر Máṣr is the Arabic name for Egypt, so I think that should suffice. I don't know how it could be made any clearer.

5. Jon Harald Søby
   01 July 2008 14:28

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   s/any clearer/less ambiguous

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   01 July 2008 16:43

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7. Jon Harald Søby
   02 July 2008 00:16

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   That goes for pretty much every language. Like Norwegian, Swedish, Estonian, Icelandic, and on and on and on. Nothing specific.

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   02 July 2008 17:18

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9. Jon Harald Søby
   03 July 2008 02:57

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   The language encompassing that dialect would be Arabic, wouldn't it? I am not an expert on this language either, but I've never heard of Masri being a dialect of Egyptian Arabic, but a dialect of Arabic (though, of course, it is not a dialect according to ISO).

10. Gerard Meijssen (GerardM)
    13 July 2008 04:12

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