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==Word List(s)==
==Word List(s)==
*[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Arabic Genealogical Word List]]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic#:~:text=Common%20phrases Common phrases] - Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Standard_Arabic#:~:text=Common%20phrases Modern_Standard_Arabic Common phrases] - Wikipedia
* [https://omniglot.com/language/phrases/arabic.php#:~:text=Useful%20Arabic%20phrases Useful Arabic phrases] - Omniglot
* [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://www.arabicpod101.com/blog/2018/02/03/top-100-basic-arabic-phrases-and-expressions/ Basic Arabic Phrases and Expressions] - ArabicPod101

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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]

Word List(s)[edit | edit source]

Alphabet and Pronunciation[edit | edit source]

Alphabet

Pronunciation

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

Language Aids

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]

  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.