Languages of Egypt
Arabic came to Egypt in the 7th century, and Egyptian Arabic has become the modern spoken language of the Egyptians, is understood by almost all Egyptians and is based on Egyptian Coptic grammar. In southern Egypt, Saidi Arabic is the main spoken language for most non-urbanized people. Of the many varieties of Arabic, Egyptian Arabic is the most widely understood first dialect in the Middle East-North Africa, probably due to the influence of Egyptian cinema throughout the Arabic-speaking world.
List of newspapers in Egypt
Egypt has the highest number of printed publications in the region. The number of Arabic newspapers in the country was about 200 in 1938. There were also 65 newspapers published in languages other than Arabic. For instance, there were many newspapers published in Turkish in the country from 1828 to 1947. By 1951 Arabic newspapers was about 400 and those published in other languages was 150. As of 2011, daily newspaper circulation in Egypt was more than 4.3 million copies.