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The problem of Modern Standard Arabic versus dialect

Even though this may be somehow a taboo topic, a major problem in education is the fact that the written and the spoken languages are quite different. Children must not only learn reading and writing they must also learn to do this in a language that is different from their first language. This is nowhere addressed in the article. I know that people will state that Standard Arabic and the spoken dialect "are the same language", but in reality both forms of Arabic are so different that without proper training they are not mutually intelligible. Television and videos may have spread the knowledge of Standard Arabic in recent decades but this does not bridge the difference between the two language forms. As far as I know, Standard Arabic which is almost the only written language, is hardly the mother tongue of any Egyptian children. Would it be possible to address this problem? -Menischt (talk) 12:29, 29 June 2023 (UTC)[reply]