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Egyptians

Egyptians / مَصريين Masˤreyyīn
ϩⲁⲛⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ / han.Remenkīmi
Total population
c. 92 million (2015)
Regions with significant populations
 Egypt 87.9 million (2015 estimate)
 Libya 1,000,000 (2011)
 Saudi Arabia 1,000,000 (2013)
 United States 450,000 (2013 est.)
 Jordan 227,000 (1999)
 Kuwait 383,000 (2016)
 United Kingdom 147,020 (2000)
 United Arab Emirates 140,000 (2002)
 Canada 110,000 (2000)
 Italy 100,000–120,000 (2010)
 Australia 65,000
 Greece 60,000
 Germany 45,000 (2011)
 Netherlands 40,000
Languages
Arabic (Egyptian Arabic, Sa'idi Arabic), Coptic, others
Religion

Egyptians (Egyptian Arabic: مَصريين‎‎  IPA: [mɑsˤɾɪjˈjiːn]; Arabic: مِصريّون‎‎ Miṣriyyūn; Coptic: ϩⲁⲛⲣⲉⲙ̀ⲛⲭⲏⲙⲓ Hanremenkīmi) are an ethnic group and the citizens native to Egypt sharing a common culture and a variety of Egyptian Arabic.

Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to the Mediterranean and enclosed by desert both to the east and to the west. This unique geography has been the basis of the development of Egyptian society since antiquity. If regarded as a single ethnic group, the Egyptian people constitute one of the world's largest.

The daily language of the Egyptians is the local variety of Arabic, known as Egyptian Arabic or Masri. Additionally, a sizable minority of Egyptians living in Upper Egypt speak Sa'idi Arabic. Egyptians are predominantly adherents of Sunni Islam with a Shia minority and a significant proportion who follow native Sufi orders. A sizable minority of Egyptians belong to the Coptic Orthodox Church, whose liturgical language, Coptic, is the most recent stage of the indigenous Egyptian language.


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