The Dialects of Arabic (legacy site)

The Dialects of Arabic (legacy site)

  • Link to homepage
  • About Arabic
    • Geographical distribution
    • Language genetic affiliation
    • Sociolinguistic background and status
    • Structural variation
  • About the project
    • Pilot project
    • Project staff
    • Transcription conventions
    • Tag definitions
  • Database of Arabic dialects
  • Arabic in Manchester
  • Arabic in LADO
  • Resources
    • Introductory readings
    • Current Research
    • Online Dictionaries
  • Student theses
    • Ali Kurdi, 2008: Discourse markers in Syrian Arabic
    • Alothman 2012: Najdi Arabic in CMC
    • Davey 2013: Coastal Dhofari Arabic
    • Efan 2017: Grammaticalisation in Urban Hijazi
    • Mahsain 2014: Code-switching among Kuwaiti bilinguals
    • Othman 2011: Arabic language maintenance in Manchester
    • Shabibi 2006: Contact in Khuzestani Arabic
    • Salim, 2015: Loanwords in Jordanian Arabic
    • Ben Nafa, 2013: Code switching in adult bilinguals
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Online Dictionaries

http://en.mo3jam.com

User-generated Arabic dictionary, covering a wide range of Arabic dialects (Arabic only)

 

http://www.lisaanmasry.com/intro_en/index.html

English-Egyptian Arabic, including sections on grammar and pronunciation

 

http://www.livingarabic.com

English-Arabic dictionary, covering Egyptian, Levantine and Classical Arabic. Searchable by Arabic root and word, as well as English

  • Pilot project
  • Project staff
  • Transcription conventions
  • Tag definitions

Find us

The University of Manchester
Oxford Rd
Manchester
M13 9PL
UK

Contact us

  • Prof Yaron Matras (Project Coordinator)