What is the most commonly used second language in Egypt?

Question

I know Arabic is the offical language, and the Egyptian variety is the most commonly spoken language, but which language is used as the main second language? For example, in Morocco and Tunisia, virtually every man and his dog speaks French, it's tough to find anyone without a decent command of French. Is there any language in Egypt which most people have a good command of?

Thanks

Answer 1

English because it is a former British protectorate

Answer 2

English is the second language in Egypt, that's due to most scientific and applied science based faculty using English as the main language, also the schools in Egypt classified into two types, Arabic and language schools, the second one mostly based on English, few of them based on French or German.

In the other hand Egyptians are widely opened on American culture which has a great effect to put the English as an important tool to enable dealing with this American culture. That is including technology which meanly driven from America.

Answer 3

I am egyptian and the most common second language is english but most of the people that speak it have their own accent.

As in any word with the letter P will sound like the letter B.

The upper classes the egyptians will know a third language like french or german and some italian.

Answer 4

English is the common second language, french is next as it' widely spread as well.

Thanks,

Antony

Answer 5

Well, I think Arabic ist the second language after the local dialect ("Amiyya") ;-)

... just joking, but the dialect of often so far removed from Modern Standard Arabic that I would almost consider it a separate language ...

There are --many-- people who understand a --few-- words of English, but there are not so many people whose English is really perfect, and when it comes to perfection, there are probably almost as many upper-clas Egyptians who are fluent in French

Answer 6

English.