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==Description==
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>
* '''[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>
* '''[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>


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>
==Word List(s)==
*[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic#:~:text=Common%20phrases Common phrases] - Wikipedia
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic.php#:~:text=Useful%20Arabic%20phrases Useful Arabic phrases] - Omniglot
* [https://www.arabicpod101.com/blog/2018/02/03/top-100-basic-arabic-phrases-and-expressions/ Basic Arabic Phrases and Expressions] - ArabicPod101
* [https://wikitravel.org/en/Jordanian_Arabic_phrasebook Jordanian Arabic phrasebook] - WikiTravel
 
==Alphabet and Pronunciation==
'''Alphabet'''
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_phonology Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet] - Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic#:~:text=Phonology Jordanian Arabic Alphabet] - Wikipedia
 
'''Pronunciation'''
* [https://wikitravel.org/en/Arabic_phrasebook#:~:text=Pronunciation%20guide Arabic Pronunciation guide] - WikiTravel


For word list and help researching in Jordanian records, see:
==Language Aids and Dictionaries==
*[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]]
'''Dictionaries'''
* Tressy Arts, '''''Oxford Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English · English-Arabic''''', Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/oxford-arabic-dictionary-arabic-english-english-arabic/oclc/881018992&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Nicholas Awde & K Smith, '''''Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English, English-Arabic''''', London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/arabic-dictionary-arabic-english-english-arabic/oclc/987953870&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
 
'''Online Dictionaries'''
* [https://www.lexilogos.com/english/arabic_dictionary.htm#:~:text=Arabic%20dictionary Arabic dictionary] - Lexilogos
* [https://glosbe.com/en/ar#:~:text=Dictionary%20English%20-%20Arabic Dictionary English - Arabic] - Glosbe
 
'''Language Aids'''
* Karin C Ryding, '''''A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic''''', Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2011 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/reference-grammar-of-modern-standard-arabic/oclc/837969261&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Mohammad T Alhawary, '''''Modern Standard Arabic Grammar''''', Somerset : Wiley, 2011 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/modern-standard-arabic-grammar/oclc/1027147213&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* Urs Bucher, '''''Vocabulary of modern standard Arabic''''', Grossdietwil : Tobun, 1984 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/vocabulary-of-modern-standard-arabic/oclc/249687643&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_grammar Arabic grammar] - Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic#:~:text=Grammar Jordanian Arabic grammar] - Wikipedia
 
==Additional Resources==
* Peter F Abboud & Ernest N McCarus, '''''Elementary modern standard Arabic''''', Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 - [https://www.worldcat.org/title/elementary-modern-standard-arabic/oclc/1114760079&referer=brief_results Available at WorldCat]


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