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  • gramie 40 minutes

    For a different method of learning Arabic (or several other languages), check out https://www.languagetransfer.org. It teaches Egyptian Arabic, explaining that the entire region knows this dialect because Egypt is the TV and movie hub of the Arabic world.

    It's all audio (MP3s or streaming) and completely free, and (IMHO) the best language learning system out there. I have used it to learn Spanish, my sixth language and can't recommend it highly enough.

  • qarthandyc 1 hours

    It doesn't make any sound when I click the speaker icon. What's wrong with this?

  • eegG0D 57 minutes

    [dead]

  • cess11 1 hours

    Are the vocalisations of the letters synthetic?

    Edit: If I wasn't acquainted with arabic script I'd probably not be able to make out the difference in vocalisation between some letters.

  • Raed667 48 minutes

    Saw a couple of words that (as far as I know) aren't "modern standard Arabic" is there any bias towards a dialect or another?

  • xeromal 1 hours

    Arabic language learning resources are few and far between. Thank you for building this. Do you know which Arabic this teaches? Koranic? Modern Standard? Levantine? Gulf?

    eddythompson80 52 minutes

    At least the videos sound Levantine

    xeromal 49 minutes

    I was unable to listen because I'm at the airport but I was really curious. Thank you!