Languages of Egypt
Egyptian Arabic is the commonly spoken language, and is occasionally written in Arabic script, or in Arabic chat alphabet mostly on new communication services.
Mashriqi Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic ( "al-fuṣḥá") is the primary language used in the government, legislation and judiciary of countries in the Mashreq. Mashriqi Arabic is used for almost all spoken communication, as well as in television dramas and on advertising boards in Egypt and Lebanon, but Modern Standard Arabic is used for written communication. In Lebanon, where Mashriqi Arabic as a colloquial language was taught as a separate subject under French colonization, some textbooks exist.