How is Giza pronounced in Egypt itself?

8/21/2017 6:11:37 PM

This is the most obvious difference between the Egyptian Arabic dialect and the standard Arabic, the ‘Jeem’ letter ج . It’s ‘Geem’ In most of Egypt.

But since this is not a question about grammar, and you just ask about how it’s pronounced in Egypt, the answer is

Giza is pronounced Giza by 100% of Giza local people. It is not “Jeezah”

And if you are interested in more details,

  • It’s Giza in all of Egypt cities including (Giza, Cairo, Alexandria, Port Said,…. ) and except of the cities in number 2

  • It’s Jeezah in Upper Egypt, Sharqia, Sinai Peninsula

  • Sharm El-Sheikh Is in Sinai Peninsula, however it’s a mixed city full of tourists and people from different Egyptian cities, so I think I can’t be definitely sure.
  • All other Arab countries say “Jeezah” .

I don’t think you really need to pronounce it as the local Giza citizens do when you are there!. If you looked like a tourist, then any difference will be understood by the people you are interacting with.

8/8/2016 10:09:11 PM

Giza is actually pronounced Jeezah (الجيزة) by all Arabs except Egyptians. They pronounce the J letter as G in their dialect, in time the Latin spelling changed accordingly yet it’s still spelled Jeezah in Arabic and pronounced correctly by Arabs. Same thing for names as well, for example they pronounce(Jamal) as (Gamal) so they spell it in Latin that way.

Anyway, native southern Egyptians, and native Egyptians in Sinai pronounce it correctly as in classic Arabic and just like the rest of Arabs.

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