Palestinian Arabic

Dialect of Arabic spoken in Palestine Palestinian Arabicاللهجة الفلسطينيةNative toPalestine, IsraelRegionLevantEthnicityPalestiniansNative speakers6.5 million (2023–2024)Language familyAfro-Asiatic SemiticWestCentralArabicLevantinePalestinian ArabicDialects FellahiMadaniModern Palestinian Judeo-Arabic Writing systemArabic alphabetLanguage codesISO 639-3(covered by apc)Glottologsout3123IETFapc-PS South LevantineThis article contains IPA phonetic symbols. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Unicode characters. For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. Palestinian Arabic or simply Palestinian is a dialect continuum of mutually-intelligible varieties of Levantine Arabic spoken by Palestinians, indigenous to the Palestine region, which includes the states of Palestine and Israel. It is also spoken by the Palestinian diaspora. The Arabic dialects spoken in the region of Palestine and Transjordan do not form a homogeneous linguistic unit; rather, they encompass a diverse range of dialects influenced by geographical, historical, and socioeconomic factors. Comparative studies of Arabic dialects indi