ا- ﲤﻬﻴﺪ ﻟﻠﻘﺮاءة:

Egyptian Arabic has some specific features that set it apart from the Standard as well as other Arabic dialects. These differences are most prominent in pronunciation of certain sounds: ﺝ is pronounced as [g], ﻕ as hamza ﺀ in the dialects of lower Egypt, ﻅ as an emphatic [z], ﺫ as ﺯ, and ﺙ which under certain conditions is pronounced as ﺱ or ﺕ. There are also differences at the lexical level, mostly in function words, such as question words and some common adverbs. At the level of grammar, the most significant distinctions are the absence of case endings, except for very few adverbs, in word order, which is mainly nominal in dialects, in negation and to a limited degree in the use of fewer pronouns and a simpler conjugation system.