Egyptian Arabic is very highly influenced by the Egyptian Coptic language which was the native language of the Egyptians prior to the Islamic conquest,[5][6][7] and later it had small influences by other languages such as French, Italian, Greek,[8] Turkish and English. The 94 million Egyptians speak a continuum of dialects, among which Cairene is the most prominent. It is also understood across most of the Arabic-speaking countries due to the predominance of Egyptian influence on the region as well as Egyptian media including Egyptian cinema which has had a big influence in the MENA region for more than a century along with the Egyptian music industry, making it the most widely spoken and one of the most widely studied varieties of Arabic.[9][10][11][12][13]