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Best Arabic dialects to learn

If you're wondering what Arabic dialect to learn, the answer is Modern Standard Arabic is best to start with

Do you know how many dialects the Arabic language has in the world? If you want to learn Arabic, which dialect should you learn? There are many dialects in the Arabic language, each of which is different depending on the specific region and country. Sometimes the difference in Arabic dialects is so much that it can be considered as a separate language at the root of the Arabic language. If you are interested in learning about different Arabic dialects, please stay with us until the end of the article.

Arabic accent
Arabic accent

Learn more about the Arabic language in the world

Today, Arabic language is known as one of the most popular languages in the world. Arabic is so popular today that it is recognized as one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Arabic language is spoken by more than 470 million speakers in the world today, so learning Arabic can be very important for all people.

Today, the Arabic language has taken root in more than 25 countries of the world, and in each country, it has different dialects depending on the specific region. The historical roots of the Arabic language go back thousands of years. The Arabic language originated from the Bedouin Semitic language people. In general, the importance of the Arabic language is so great that nowadays in many advanced countries Arabic language education is common online or face-to-face, even among students.

Learn more about Arabic language categories

It is interesting to know that the Arabic language itself is divided into 3 parts: Modern Arabic, Classical Arabic and Colloquial Arabic. Now, we will briefly introduce each of these languages.

Modern Arabic

Modern Arabic is also called Standard Modern Arabic. Modern Arabic is common in news, Arabic newspapers, websites, videos and even formal conversations. In general, Arabic students learn Arabic in the official and modern language from the very beginning. The basic principle of the modern Arabic language is from the old classical language, which is slightly modified and updated for today's communication.

Classical Arabic

As its name suggests, this language is called as an old traditional Arabic language. Classical Arabic is also called the Quranic language, because in the past Islamic religious texts, hadiths and many Quranic books were written in this language. Many lawyers and people who are familiar with the field of Arabic linguistics should also be familiar with traditional classical Arabic.

Colloquial Arabic

As its name suggests, this language is known as a mother tongue among the people of Arab-speaking countries. Learning Arabic is useful when people intend to travel or immigrate to one of the countries of the Arab Union and want to live with other people.

arabic dialects
arabic dialects

Familiarity with Arabic dialects

As mentioned at the beginning of this article about the dialects of the Arabic language, there are many Arabic dialects, each of which has differences that can be compared with each other; But since the introduction of all dialects of the Arabic language is not included in this article. Therefore, we do not intend to introduce all the Arabic dialects here, but we will introduce some main and famous dialects to you, dear ones, and stay with us.

قبل از هر چیز درصورتی‌که نیاز به ترجمه تخصصی عربی دارید لازم به ذکر است این خدمات توسط مترجم بومی عربی زبان به گویش مخصوص انجام می‌شود.

Egyptian Arabic

The Egyptian dialect of Arabic is also one of the most famous and well-known Arabic dialects that almost all Arabic speakers around the world know and understand in some way. This accent is common in Egypt and since Egypt has emerged as a very powerful country in the film and film industry, so the Egyptian dialect is very famous in all kinds of Arabic movies.

اگر نیاز به خدمات ترجمه تخصصی فیلم و سریال هستید ما در گروه پارسیس می‌توانیم این خدمات در تمامی لهجه‌های عربی و زبان‌های شاخص به نحو احسن انجام دهیم.

Gulf Arabic

One of the dialects that is very similar to modern Arabic or Standard Arabic is the Gulf dialect. Gulf Arabic dialect related to all countries of the Persian Gulf including Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq and even Bahrain is widely used. In addition, this dialect is known as a pure dialect because it has not been influenced by other secondary languages in any way. However, some minor differences may be observed in other countries.

Levantine Arabic

Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (autonym: ‏شامي‎ šāmi or اللهجة الشاميةil-lahje š-šāmiyye), This dialect is also used in some countries such as Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and even Jordan. In this section, the Shami dialects in Palestine and Jordan are almost similar to the Egyptian dialect, and on the other hand, the Syrian and Lebanese dialects are also very similar. Therefore, many language learners will seek to learn the Shami accent.

 
 

Moroccan Arabic

Maghrebi dialect or Maghrebi Arabic, as it is known, is a dialect borrowed from some western languages, including French. It is interesting to note that Maghrebi Arabic has been somewhat difficult even for the rest of the Arabs because it has been influenced by secondary languages. Maghrebi dialect of Arabic is used in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia.

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