Levantine Arabic
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| - | The '''Eastern Mediterranean''' is a term that denotes the lands or states geographically in the eastern, to the east of, or around the east of the [[Mediterranean Sea]], or with cultural affinities to this region in [[Western Asia]]. The Eastern Mediterranean includes [[Cyprus]], [[Syria]], [[Lebanon]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], [[Israel]], and [[Jordan]]. This region is also known as the ''[[Levant]]'' or ''[[Fertile Crescent]]''. | ||
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| - | The Eastern [[Mediterranean]] peoples are tied together not only by geographic position, but by Mediterranean [[Haplogroup J2 (Y-DNA)|ethnicity]], food, customs, traditions, language, and a very long [[Ancient Near East|history]]. The [[Syrian]], [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]], [[Palestinian people|Palestinian]], [[Jordan|Jordanian]] and [[Cypriot Maronite Arabic|Maronite Cypriot]] peoples speak Mediterranean Arabic, also known as [[Levantine Arabic]]. Mediterranean colloquial [[Arabic]] is distinct from the other [[varieties of Arabic|Arabic vernaculars]], in that it is saturated with [[Aramaic]], [[Syriac]] or [[Greek language|Greek]] words and names. Another example of Mediterranean heritage in language is the use of the [[Phoenicia]]n months by all Eastern Mediterranean peoples including [[Israelis]]. | ||
| + | '''Levantine Arabic''' ({{lang-ar|اللَّهْجَةُ الشَّامِيَّة}}, {{transl|ar|''ʾal-lahǧatu š-šāmiyyah''}}, autonym: ''il-lahje š-šāmiyye'') is a broad [[variety of Arabic]] and the main [[Vernacular language|vernacular]] spoken [[Arabic]] of the eastern coastal strip of the [[Levantine Sea]] that includes parts of [[Lebanon]], [[Jordan]], [[Syria]], [[State of Palestine|Palestine]], [[Israel]], and [[Turkey]]. | ||
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Levantine Arabic (Template:Lang-ar, Template:Transl, autonym: il-lahje š-šāmiyye) is a broad variety of Arabic and the main vernacular spoken Arabic of the eastern coastal strip of the Levantine Sea that includes parts of Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine, Israel, and Turkey.
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