Editing Dialect (section)

===Lebanon===
{{See also|Lebanese Arabic}}
In [[Lebanon]], a part of the Christian population considers "Lebanese" to be in some sense a distinct language from [[Arabic language|Arabic]] and not merely a dialect thereof. During the [[Lebanese civil war|civil war]], Christians often used Lebanese Arabic officially, and sporadically used the [[Latin script]] to write Lebanese, thus further distinguishing it from Arabic.<!-- Are languages defined by their spelling systems?  --> All Lebanese laws are written in the standard literary form of Arabic, though parliamentary debate may be conducted in Lebanese Arabic.