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To: michael97123 who wrote (124358)	7/10/2005 2:48:48 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

As I understand it, the street Arabic varies widely from country to country, so that an Egyptian would have some difficulty being understood by an Iraqi. Educated people who know classical Arabic can speak a form of Arabic that is more widely understood. When does a dialect become a separate language? I don't think it ever will in Arabia, because the idea of speaking Arabic is so central to their culture that they won't abandon it. In Europe, these dialects would be called separate languages, just as Polish and Czech are called separate languages even though they are more or less mutually comprehensible. But that choice may be a function of European nationalism.