Language/Standard-arabic

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You will find below many free resources to learn and practice this language.

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Facts about Standard Arabic

Standard Arabic is taught throughout the Arab world in formal education. It differs significantly from many varieties of Arabic that are commonly spoken as mother tongues.

There are 25 countries that claim Arabic as an official or co-official language: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

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• Language code (ISO 639-3): arb

• Autonyms (how to write "Standard Arabic" in Standard Arabic): العربية القياسية

• Other names for "Standard Arabic": Al-’Arabiyya, Literary Arabic

Dictionaries

• Hawramani-Shamela: online search in 50 Arabic dictionaries, from 7^th to 20^th century (Shamela Project)

• Reverso: Arabic-English dictionary & words in context

• Lingea: Arabic-English dictionary & multilingual

• Lisaan Masry: Egyptian Arabic-English (Arabic & Latin alphabet) • Lisān al-ʿarab لسان العرب (The tongue of the Arabs) by Ibn Manzūr (13^th)

I-II - III-IV - V-VI - VII-VIII - IX-X - XI-XII - XIII-XIV - XV-XVI - XVII-XVIII - XIX-XX

• Al-qāmūs al-muḥīṭ القاموس المحيط (The surrounding ocean) by Al-Firuzabadi (14^th)

• Bilingual visual dictionary Arabic-English (2009)

• Arabic English thematic lexicon by Daniel Newman (2007)

• Oxford-Duden pictorial English dictionary by Moustafa Gabr (2003)

• Glossary of islamic terms by Anwer Mahmoud Zanaty (2006)

• Dictionary of modern written Arabic, Arabic-English, by Hans Wehr (1979)

• Al-Mawrid, Modern Arabic-English dictionary, by Rohi Baalbaki, Lebanon (1995)

• Source: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/arabic_dictionary.htm

Free Standard Arabic Lessons

• Grammar Lessons

• Vocabulary Lessons

• Pronunciation Lessons

• Culture Lessons

Language Exchange

• Find members TEACHING Standard Arabic

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Forum

• SHARE ideas about Standard Arabic

• Ask a QUESTION about Standard Arabic

Tools

• Have your text CORRECTED in Standard Arabic

• VIDEOS to learn Standard Arabic

Marketplace

• Buy or Sell SERVICES related to Standard Arabic

Arabic Online Virtual Keyboard

Last Lessons

Yemen Timeline — Western Sahara Timeline — United Arab Emirates Timeline — Tunisia Timeline — Syria Timeline — Sudan Timeline — Leisure activities — Popular Arabic sports — Arabic beauty and cosmetics — Traditional Arabic dress — Arabic TV — Arabic cinema — Compound nouns in Arabic — Common Arabic adjectives — Differences from English relative clauses — Differences from the active voice — Formation and usage — Third conditional and mixed conditionals — First and second conditional — Talking about the weather — Basic weather vocabulary — Arabic art and architecture — History of Arabic calligraphy — Arabic poetry — Classical Arabic literature — Shopping vocabulary — Money vocabulary — Asking for directions — Public transportation — Formation and placement