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| states = [[Cyprus]]
| region = [[Kormakitis]] and urban areas in the south
| ethnicity = [[Maronites in Cyprus|Maronite Cypriots]], [[Lebanese Cypriots]]
| speakers=No {{abbr|L1|first-language}} speakers in the south
| date=2011
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| fam4 = [[Central Semitic languages|Central Semitic]]
| fam5 = [[Varieties of Arabic|Arabic]]
| fam6 = [[Mesopotamian Arabic|Mesopotamian]]
| script = [[Greek script|Greek]] and [[Latin script|Latin]]<br> [[Arabic|Arabic script]] (historical)
| minority = {{flag|Cyprus}}
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| map = Map Arabic in the Levant.jpg
| mapcaption = {{legend|#ff0000|Cypriot Arabic}}
| fam7 = [[North Mesopotamian Arabic|Qeltu]]
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{{Location map|Cyprus|lat_deg=35.342778|lon_deg=33.010833|width=233|label=Kormakitis|caption=Location of [[Kormakitis]] in Cyprus, former stronghold of the language}}
'''Cypriot Arabic''' ({{lang-langx|ar|العربية القبرصية}}), also known as '''Cypriot Maronite Arabic''' or '''Sanna''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/221537-cyprus-maronite-minority-sees-chance-to-save-ancient-language|title = Cyprus Maronite Minority Sees Chance to Save Ancient Language}}</ref> is a [[moribund language|moribund]] [[Varieties of Arabic|variety]] of [[Arabic language|Arabic]] spoken by the [[Maronites in Cyprus|Maronite]] community of [[Cyprus]]. Formerly speakers were mostly situated in [[Kormakitis]], but following the [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus]] in 1974, the majority relocated to the south and dispersed,{{sfnp|Versteegh|2001|p=212}} leading to the decline of the language.{{sfnp|Hadjioannou|Tsiplakou|Kappler|2011|p=507}} Traditionally bilingual in [[Cypriot Greek]], as of some time prior to 2000, all remaining speakers of Cypriot Arabic were over 30 years of age.<ref name="e13">{{e13|acy}}<!--comment not found in e12--></ref> A 2011 census reported that, of the 3,656 Maronite Cypriots in Republic of Cyprus-controlled areas, none declared Cypriot Arabic as their [[first language]].{{sfnp|Council of Europe|2014|p=4}}
 
==History and classification==
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Phenomena similar to the first three are also observed in Cypriot Greek.
 
==Vocabulary==
{{cn span |text=Cypriot Arabic has a large number{{weasel inline|date=December 2022}} of [[Syriac language|Syriac]] and Greek [[loanword|loans]]. |date=December 2022}}
 
==Writing system==
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* {{cite web |author=Council of Europe |date=2011-01-18 |title=European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Third periodical presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 15 of the Charter. CYPRUS |url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/report/PeriodicalReports/CyprusPR3_en.pdf }}
* {{cite web |author=Council of Europe |date=2014-01-16 |title=European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. Fourth periodical presented to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe in accordance with Article 15 of the Charter. CYPRUS |url=http://www.coe.int/t/dg4/education/minlang/Report/PeriodicalReports/CyprusPR4_en.pdf }}
* {{cite journal |last=El Shazli |first=Hana |year=2024 |title=Borrowings and Suppletion in Cypriot Maronite Arabic |journal=AIDA Granada: A Pomegranate of Arabic Varieties |pages=176–187 |editor1=C.Berlinches Ramos |editor2=J. Guerrero |editor3=M. Benítez |publisher=Prensas de la Universidad de Zaragoza |volume=21 |issue=21 |format=PDF |via=univie.ac.at |url=https://puz.unizar.es/img/cms/LIBRES/9788413408347.pdf}}
* {{cite journal |doi=10.1080/14664208.2011.629113 |last1=Hadjioannou |first1=Xenia |last2=Tsiplakou |first2=Stavroula |last3=Kappler |first3=Matthias |year=2011 |title=Language policy and language planning in Cyprus |journal=Current Issues in Language Planning |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=503–569 |publisher=Routledge |hdl=10278/29371 |s2cid=143966308 |hdl-access=free }}
* {{cite web |url=http://sana.squarespace.com/storage/meeting_with_the_committee_of_experts_4.pdf |title=Comments in accordance with Article 16.2 of the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages |author1=Hki Fi Sanna |last2=Ztite |first2=Kermia |publisher=Hki Fi Sanna |year=2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140326025653/http://sana.squarespace.com/storage/meeting_with_the_committee_of_experts_4.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-26 }}
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* {{cite book |last=Versteegh |first=Kees |title=The Arabic Language |year=2001 |publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]] |isbn=0-7486-1436-2 }}
* {{cite book |last=Versteegh |first=Kees |title=Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics |year=2011 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers|Brill]] |isbn=978-90-04-14976-2 }}
* {{cite book |last=Walter |first=Mary Ann |titlechapter=Cypriot Maronite Arabic |date=2020-04-08 |chapter-url=https://zenodo.org/record/3744513 |worktitle=Arabic and contact-induced change |pages=159–175 |place=Berlin |publisher=Language Science Press |isbn=978-3-96110-251-8 |doi=10.5281/zenodo.3744513}}</ref>
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==External links==
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* [https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9YQ9sn-qqDsVFl4d09QdHMtSXMtUDZDRGxhZW5uR0MyNWcw Cypriot Maronite Arabic grammar (in Greek), includes a list of published literature on the language]
* {{Cite web |title=Cypriot Arabic alphabet, pronunciation and language |url=https://omniglot.com/writing/cypriotarabic.htm |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=omniglot.com}}