Dialects and Accents of Egypt
The archive provides:
In a small number of cases, you will also find a narrow phonetic transcription of the sample (see Phonetic Transcriptions for a complete list).
The recordings average four minutes in length and feature both the reading of one of two standard passages, and some unscripted speech. The two passages, Comma Gets a Cure (currently our standard passage), and The Rainbow Passage (used in our earliest recordings), may be accessed from the menu bar to your right.
To access IDEA's sound files and documents, you will need an mp3 player, and Acrobat Reader, available free from Acrobat Reader.
If you are interested in specific information about Egypt, please go to Yahoo's website at dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Egypt/.
For instructional materials or coaching in the accents and dialects represented here please go to Other Dialect Services.
Dialect Samples
To properly play a sound sample, you may first need to save it to your own computer. To display the various 'save' options, PC users should right-click on the desired sample below; Mac users should press the Control key while clicking. A high-speed connection to the Internet may allow you to play the file simply by clicking it once or twice.| Sound Sample | Basic Information | Text Files |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt One | Male, Engineer, born Cairo 1944 | Egypt One |
| Egypt Two | Male, student, born Cairo 1976 | Egypt Two |
| Egypt Three | Female, student, born Cairo 1978 | Egypt Three |