Language and Religion
All remaining Italian Egyptians speak Italian, while speaking Arabic and English as second language, and are Catholics.
The Italian Egyptians of the new generations are assimilated to the Egyptian society, and most of them speak mainly Arabic but still secondarily Italian (and sometimes English). In religion, most Italian Egyptians are Roman Catholics.
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