Talk:Levantine Arabic

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The borders of sub-dialectical regions are NOT related to political borders.
This is a simplified table; each one of these sub-dialects needs its own variations table. This table should mention only the mainstream varieties within each region.

HD1986 (talk) 18:49, 24 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody update the table please. Thanks. HD1986 (talk) 19:26, 17 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have added the correct IPA symbols and cleaned up the table. I have not changed any information, as I am not familiar with the language or the dialects given. All the information I used was from this article and the ones on the Arabic language and Arabic alphabet. Please correct any mistakes in the data. Dave 21:28, July 25, 2005 (UTC)

I am correcting the apparent reversal of /ʔ/ and /k/ in the Central Syrian values of /k/ and /q/. Wareh 14:16, 22 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Just out of interest: what do they speak in Eastern Jordan? 86.133.246.224 14:52, 3 March 2007 (UTC) -- Bedouin Arabic I think.[reply]

What does this mean: "the fact that are those in the Arab world which retained best the original Arabic stress pattern (along with Hejazi dialects)."

The meaning is perfectly plain. The incidence of the stress in Levantine Arabic and Hejazi Arabic is similar to that in Classical Arabic. In other dialects, e.g. Maghrebi, the stress pattern diverges from Classical Arabic far more.

By the way, do we need all these project markers? There are already articles on Syrian Arabic, Lebanese Arabic and Palestinian Arabic, which belong to the respective Wikiprojects: do they all need to include this general article as well? --Sir Myles na Gopaleen (the da) (talk) 09:33, 7 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

This article is very ambiguous. "there's no transition to egyptian arabic because of the sinai" huh? What does that mean? I'm not sure what it means, but there are mixtures such as the ghazi dialect which is very similar to egyptian but contains a similar tone to shami. Also, classical arabic was heavily influenced by aramaic in its development. Words such as khamr and much of the grammar is similar to aramaic. I'm also not sure what that incidence of stress phrase means? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knowledgeseeker3 (talk • contribs) 05:06, 3 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Shami?!

I don't know where you got this designation from, but I am Syrian and there is only one thing that comes to my mind when I hear "shami" === DAMASCUS.

This designation may be ok to an Egyptian or Saudi person, but for a real Levantine speaker: Sham = Damascus. You should think up another translation for "Levantine." HD1986 (talk) 16:02, 20 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some main points that are missing

Many don't these vowel "maps". Main points are missing.

Which accent is closest to classical Arabic phonology?
Which accent is closest to modern standard Arabic phonology.
History. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Standforder (talk • contribs) 07:33, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Ignorant fuckers

It is just always the same problem with this encyclopedia. Somebody starts out an article and then ignorants begin fucking with it until it no longer makes sense. The features mentioned for Northern Levantine in the article do not apply to Lebanese. According to the criteria mentioned in this article for the northern vs. southern division, Lebanese should be called South Levantine. You can either write a full article or stay away but you shouldn't fuck the article and leave it fucked up.