[1][2] Several modern Arabic dialects are used in everyday life, most notably Levantine in the west and Mesopotamian in the northeast.

Dialects of the cities of Damascus, Homs, Hama and Tartous are more similar to each other than to that of the northern region of Aleppo.

Due to Syria's long history of multiculturalism and foreign imperialism, Syrian Arabic exhibits a vocabulary stratum that includes word borrowings from Turkish, Kurdish, Armenian, Syriac, English, French and Persian.

Most of the population of Bakhʽa fled to other parts of Syria or to Lebanon during the Syrian civil war.

[1] Circassian languages are spoken in some villages south of Aleppo, as well as in the Homs area and on the Golan Heights.

[1] Their demand to be allowed to teach Greek in their schools has been rejected by the State with the argument that they are Muslims.

[1] English and French are also spoken by a limited number of Syrian citizens, mostly in urban centers and among the well educated.