Editing Aleppo (section)

===Spoken languages===
The Arabic dialect of Aleppo is a type of [[Syrian Arabic]], which is of the [[North Levantine Arabic]] variety. Much of its vocabulary is derived from the [[Syriac language]]. The [[Kurdish language]] is the second most spoken language in the city, after [[Arabic]].<ref name=Behnstedt>{{citation |last=Behnstedt |first=Peter |year=2008 |chapter=Syria |title=Encyclopedia of Arabic language and linguistics |volume=4 |page=402 |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |isbn=978-90-04-14476-7}}</ref> [[Kurds in Syria|Kurds]] in Aleppo speak the [[Northern Kurdish]] (also known as Kurmanji). [[Syrian Turkmen]] population of Aleppo speak the Kilis and Antep dialect of the [[Turkish language]]. Most Armenians speak the [[Western Armenian|Western]] form of the [[Armenian language]]. The [[Syriac language]] is rarely spoken by the Syriac community during daily life, but commonly used as the liturgical language of the Syriac Church. The members of the small [[Greeks in Syria|Greco-Syrian]] community in Aleppo speak Arabic. [[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]] are also spoken.