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Description[edit | edit source]

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. ^[1]

Modern Standard Arabic ^[2]
Jordanian Arabic ^[3]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Arabic Genealogical Word List
Common phrases - Wikipedia
Useful Arabic phrases - Omniglot
Basic Arabic Phrases and Expressions - ArabicPod101
Jordanian Arabic phrasebook - WikiTravel

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Modern Standard Arabic Alphabet - Wikipedia
Jordanian Arabic Alphabet - Wikipedia

Pronunciation

Arabic Pronunciation guide - WikiTravel

Language Aids and Dictionaries[edit | edit source]

Dictionaries

Tressy Arts, Oxford Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English · English-Arabic, Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2014 - Available at WorldCat
Nicholas Awde & K Smith, Arabic dictionary : Arabic-English, English-Arabic, London : Bennett & Bloom, 2004 - Available at WorldCat

Online Dictionaries

Arabic dictionary - Lexilogos
Dictionary English - Arabic - Glosbe

Language Aids

Karin C Ryding, A reference grammar of modern standard Arabic, Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2011 - Available at WorldCat
Mohammad T Alhawary, Modern Standard Arabic Grammar, Somerset : Wiley, 2011 - Available at WorldCat
Urs Bucher, Vocabulary of modern standard Arabic, Grossdietwil : Tobun, 1984 - Available at WorldCat
Arabic grammar - Wikipedia
Jordanian Arabic grammar - Wikipedia

Additional Resources[edit | edit source]

Peter F Abboud & Ernest N McCarus, Elementary modern standard Arabic, Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2007 - Available at WorldCat

References[edit | edit source]

↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jordan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan#Languages#:~:text=Languages, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Modern Standard Arabic," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Jordanian Arabic," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.

[1] Wikipedia contributors, "Jordan," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan#Languages#:~:text=Languages, accessed 3 Feb 2022.

[2] Wikipedia contributors, "Modern Standard Arabic," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.

[3] Wikipedia contributors, "Jordanian Arabic," in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordanian_Arabic, accessed 3 Feb 2022.

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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]
-== References ==
+== References  ==
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