Is it true that the Lebanese people speak Lebanese but write Arabic?
This is a false statement often used by people who confuse the use of Arabic script to write with the language itself. The Lebanese use Arabic script to write both Lebanese and Arabic; They write, read and speak Lebanese for their songs, poems, television production and letters, while they write, read, and speak Arabic in Arabic Literature, courts and some religious rituals. This is not different from the people utilizing Latin letters to write both English and Spanish languages.
