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Latin Alphabet (الأبجدية اللاتينية): A writing system originally used by the ancient Romans, now the most widely used alphabetic system in the world, forming the basis for many modern languages including English, Spanish, and French.
Lisa Schor on How to Get Started in Syrian Arabic
Lisa Schor, an Arabic teacher and doctoral candidate, shares her passion for transforming Arabic education. In this interview, she discusses her book "Akīd!," a textbook for Syrian Arabic beginners, highlighting its practical approach to conversational skills, basic vocabulary, and cultural understanding for A1 level learners.
SATTS: The Forgotten U.S. Military System for Transliterating Arabic in the Cold War
When Arabic characters couldn't be displayed, SATTS (Standard Arabic Technical Transliteration System) offered a solution. Reginald Hefner takes a historical look at this pre-digital military system, explaining how it allowed Arabic to be read and written in Latin characters without pronunciation cues, and its role during the Cold War era.
Learning Hebrew as an Arabic Speaker: A Practical Guide to Grammar, Vocabulary, and the Alphabet
Learning Hebrew is much easier if you already know Arabic. This article reveals the strong connections between these Semitic languages, from shared roots and grammatical structures to alphabet similarities. It also uncovers a fascinating mistranslation in the Old Testament concerning Moses and the "Red Sea."
JAIS: An In-Depth Review of the “Arabic ChatGPT”
Media calls Jais the "Arabic ChatGPT," a new AI trained with Arabic data. This article reviews Jais's practical performance on tasks like writing messages, correcting grammar, answering facts, and translating, revealing its current capabilities and limitations.
The Gray Zone: A New Technique for Teaching Arabic to Beginners
Learning the Arabic alphabet is tough. Dr. Roger Anderson's "Gray Zone" technique helps. It supports simultaneous alphabet and vocabulary learning by signaling unstudied letters. This method aims to reduce learner discomfort and improve foundational Arabic acquisition.
The Ultimate Guide to Arabic Dialect Dictionaries (Online & Print)
Good dictionaries for colloquial Arabic are rare. This article compiles the best online and print resources for various Arabic dialects, offering solutions for Egyptian, Levantine, Moroccan, Sudanese, Iraqi, and Gulf Arabic.
How to Easily Change and Enlarge Arabic Fonts in Your Web Browser
Default browser settings often render Arabic script too small or unreadable. This article offers solutions: Wudooh, a browser extension for Chrome, Firefox, and Edge, enhances Arabic font clarity and allows whitelisting sites. For Opera, Font ARA Font Changer adjusts Arabic, Farsi, and Urdu fonts for better online reading.
