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| ==Description==
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| The official language is Modern Standard Arabic, a literary language taught in the schools. Most Jordanians natively speak one of the non-standard Arabic dialects known as Jordanian Arabic. <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jordan," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan#Languages#:~:text=Languages, accessed 3 Feb 2022.</ref>
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| * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic Modern Standard Arabic]''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Modern Standard Arabic," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.</ref>
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| * '''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic Jordanian Arabic]''' <ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Jordanian Arabic," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.</ref>
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| ==Word List(s)== | | The official language of Jordan is Arabic. Records were kept in Arabic.<ref name="profile">The Family History Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, “Family History Record Profile: Jordan,” Word document, private files of the FamilySearch Content Strategy Team, 2000.</ref> |
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| | For word list and help researching in Jordanian records, see: |
| *[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]] | | *[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]] |
| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic#:~:text=Common%20phrases Modern_Standard_Arabic Common phrases] - Wikipedia
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| * [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic.php#:~:text=Useful%20Arabic%20phrases Useful Arabic phrases] - Omniglot
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| * [https://www.arabicpod101.com/blog/2018/02/03/top-100-basic-arabic-phrases-and-expressions/ Basic Arabic Phrases and Expressions] - ArabicPod101
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| * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Jordanian_Arabic_phrasebook Jordanian Arabic phrasebook] - WikiTravel
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| ==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
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| '''Alphabet'''
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet] - Wikipedia
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic#:~:text=Phonology Jordanian Arabic Alphabet] - Wikipedia
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| '''Pronunciation'''
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| * [https://wikitravel.org/en/Arabic_phrasebook#:~:text=Pronunciation%20guide Arabic Pronunciation guide] - WikiTravel
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| ==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
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| '''Dictionaries'''
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| * Arts, Tressy. ''Oxford Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English · English-Arabic.'' Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/881018992 WorldCat].
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| * Awde, Nicholas and K Smith. ''Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English, English-Arabic.'' London: Bennett & Bloom, 2004. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/987953870 WorldCat].
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| '''Online Dictionaries'''
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| * [https://www.lexilogos.com/english/arabic_dictionary.htm#:~:text=Arabic%20dictionary Arabic dictionary] - Lexilogos
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| * [https://glosbe.com/en/ar#:~:text=Dictionary%20English%20-%20Arabic Dictionary English - Arabic] - Glosbe
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| '''Language Aids'''
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| * Ryding, Karin C. ''A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic.'' Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/837969261 WorldCat].
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| * Alhawary, Mohammad T. ''Modern Standard Arabic Grammar.'' Somerset: Wiley, 2011. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1027147213 WorldCat].
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| * Bucher, Urs. ''Vocabulary of modern standard Arabic.'' Grossdietwil: Tobun, 1984. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/249687643 WorldCat].
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_grammar Arabic grammar] - Wikipedia
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| * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic#:~:text=Grammar Jordanian Arabic grammar] - Wikipedia
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| ==Additional Resources==
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| * Abboud, Peter F and Ernest N McCarus. ''Elementary modern standard Arabic.'' Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. '''''Available at:''''' [https://www.worldcat.org/title/1114760079 WorldCat].
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [[Category:Jordan]] | | [[Category:Jordan]] |
