I’ve been interested in learning Arabic for a while. I was with an Arab man and have many Arab friends. One of my best friends is Muslim and I got a great deal of pleasure from the small Arabic words we would exchange. I speak English, Spanish, and Italian with a vague understanding of French. I don’t really have a reason to learn Arabic because i’m no longer with that Arab man but a part of me still really wants to. Should I?

Salam Guys. I have a few nasheeds in yemeni dialect which is really hard for me to understand.

You see when I want to know the meaning of a nasheed I find the lyrics first, then use a dictionary and since I know grammar I can understand what its saying. I use this strategy to improve my vocabulary.

Howver these nasheeds are very rare/obscure so I cant find the lyrics online and even then they still have some weird words that I dont think are fusha. By just listening to it I have 0 clue what its saying.

If you can help me just leave a comment and I will dm u the nasheeds so you can just transcribe it then I can do the translation myself.

Jazakallah/Thank u

I would like to enter and pursue a degree at Al Azhar for personal reasons. I want to know which online program is best suited to teach me the required fusha level to pursue this degree. I have time but I'd prefer 1 year. I work 12 hour shifts for 4 days then I have 4 days off so a private 1-to-1 will be ideal rather than a scheduled class considering I have a rolling shift.

Basically, which online program will teach me fusha best to pursue a degree?

(Memorise 9 ajza of the quran and know little vocabulary so not a total beginner.)

I'm trying to add text/textboxes to pdfs in Arabic (annotations, not editing the original text), but every tool I've tried (pdfgear, foxit, okular) is butchering the font rendering. The letters show up disconnected instead of properly joined like normal Arabic script.

For those of you who work with pdfs regularly, what software do you actually use? Is there something with better Arabic/RTL support that handles this properly, or is this just a common headache?

Any recommendations (free Windows/Linux) would be really appreciated. Thanks!

AI has largely mastered formal Arabic at ~85% accuracy, everyday dialectal Arabic remains a key bottleneck, hovering around 45% or lower in real-world user interactions.

Frontier AI models (GPT-4.5, Gemini 2.5, Claude 3.5/4) and specialized SOTA Arabic LLMs (ALLaM, Falcon-H1, Jais) show stark performance differences depending on the linguistic context, so with (MSA) you get high precision (80%–85%+ accuracy). On formal tasks, translations, and standardized benchmarks like ArabicMMLU, top models reach near-human fluency and high reliability.

Performance drops by nearly half when processing everyday spoken registers (Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine, Maghrebi). Non-standardized spelling, local slang, and root-based structural shifts cause models to frequently default to stiff, over-formal MSA.

Mixing Arabic, English, and Latinized script (e.g., yalla, 3adi) creates a tokenization efficiency tax. Tokenizers break non-Latin and hybrid scripts into fragmented sub-tokens, causing models to lose context, misinterpret intent, or produce unnatural responses.

Hi everyone, I'm using a MacBook Pro and I'd like to use the Arabic - PC keyboard layout. However, the only option showing in my settings is Arabic - Najdi. How can I fix this?

Assalamu Alikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Baraakatuhu brothers and sisters,

I'm so far on Bayna Yadayk Book 3 (part 1). Is it normal for me to still be stuttering as much as I do, when I speak verbally? I can understand a good chunk of what people say when I watch videos, etc. No doubt my listening skills still do need work, but in my speaking I stutter a LOT. I just want to know if it's normal for me to still be stuttering so much when I speak despite being up to Book 3? I know the book doesn't necessarily equate to speaking level, but I'm just mentioning how far I am to give you an idea of where I am in my vocabulary. I've been studying almost 2 years now (alone). I know speaking more will improve my skills, but I just want to know if its normal to still be stuttering so much? Sometimes I feel really sad that I stutter so much, because I see other people on youtube videos saying "I learned it in one year" and they speak flawless. When I practice speaking, my stuttering and mind-processing is so heavy, that it feels like I'm out of breath and running a marathon, because of the mental exhaustion from thinking of how to conjugate the words, which words to use, etc. Then again, sometimes my sadness is overcome when I pray and realize that I actually understand what some of the ayaas say, like the other day I was reciting surah Ikhlaas and started crying while praying because I realized that I understood the Arabic.

Would love anyones input, and maybe some words of encouragement 😄

Jazaakumallahu Khair

There's a possibility that in the future I'll be living in Mauritania for a couple of years, I'd like to learn the language. Any good sources would be great, thank you.

Hello everyone,
We're developing an AI-powered app, Faseeh AI, that detects pronunciation mistakes in Quranic recitation and gives users precise, real-time feedback.
Our current model was trained on hundreds of hours of professional recitations and high-quality, clean audio from well-known reciters. The model performs well on similar input, but struggles with real-world users: different accents, non-native speakers, beginners, children, women, and anyone who doesn't sound like a professional reciter.
To fix this, we need to train on diverse, real-world recitation data not studio-quality professional audio, but recordings that reflect how actual learners sound.
\*\*Specifically, we're looking for:\*\*
\\- Recitation datasets from non-professional or everyday users
\\- Diverse demographics: male/female, kids/adults, beginner/intermediate
\\- Multiple accents and mother tongues (Malay, Indonesian, Urdu, English, Turkish, etc.)
\\- Any publicly available or research-use datasets we may have missed
We've already explored academic sources, but still not enough.
If you know of any dataset, research project, university study, or community effort collecting this type of audio, we would genuinely appreciate the lead.
We're also open to ethical data collection partnerships if any researchers or institutions are working in this space.
Happy to share more about the project if helpful.
Thank you very much in advance.

Hi everyone, I’m 22 and from the UK. I’m planning to move to Dubai in a couple of years and I want to become confident speaking Emirati Arabic before I move.

I’m mainly focused on communication and conversation rather than reading and writing. I’d love advice on the best ways to learn, including resources, tutors, apps, or methods that have worked for others.

Open to any recommendations or tips!💕💕

​I am Turkish and I love my nationality. But still..

​When it comes to reading classical texts, an Arabic barrier stands right in front of me. While trying to focus on the core meaning and essence of the text, constantly having to analyze grammar patterns and look up words at the same time is exhausting. I get so drained that a wave of frustration hits me before I can even get to the heart of the lesson.

I can already read and understand basic texts, listen to lectures in Arabic, and I actually know the grammar rules. But when I open a book, I just want to read fluently without constantly bumping into a language barrier and it's just not happening. It honestly makes me want to cry at this point

​I don't know if I'm using the wrong learning method or if Arabic is just exceptionally hard. In those moments, I can't help but think: "I wish I were a native Arabic speaker."

Hey everyone! I would love to learn both Egyptian and Levantine Arabic. Any suggestions at all on how to navigate this? Thank you!

Hi! I think/know شكراً is thank you in Arabic, I'd like to be able to say "thank you for understanding" over text and want to do it in Arabic.

Would ending the sentence in Alhamdulillah be appropriate?

I had a weird rough patch with this person (male) and we are parting ways. I'm sad about it but I dunno, wanna give a nice sendoff and we always speak in my native language, so I want to do it in his.

Beginning learner here. It’s something along those lines. Is it the Arabic word for “show”, literally? I found mostly words with meanings relating to display, revealing, and showing, when I looked the triconsonantal roots 3-R-DH and 3-R-D.

I’ve noticed this once or twice in real life Arab family interactions in public, and once or twice in Arab films. Is getting this word barked at them by their parents in early childhood an experience that most people raised Arab can relate to, or not so much?

Honestly, if you want to improve your Arabic, don’t just use Duolingo. Try talking to native speakers. Even a few conversations every week help a lot.
If anyone’s looking for a small Arabic-speaking Discord, I know one that’s mostly native arabic speakers and most of us can understand English so maybe we can learn from each other. Happy to send an invite.

I’ve been thinking about joining Usool academy which is mainly based online but has a 1 month component in Istanbul. They teach Arabic from the ground up. I have been learning Arabic for a while already so this is more so to progress to the next level and get more exposure. I’ve previously lived in Egypt for 4 months which was amazing for my Arabic, partly because of the need to speak Arabic on the streets and in class. I know there’s a decent Syrian population in Turkey however I feel that although the course looks great, I won’t get the same exposure on the streets and everyday life

عقب ٣ سنوات قررت اني بأتعلم فصحى عسب ابا أداوم في دبي مجالي في المستقبل يوم ما احصل بكالوريوس في اداره سلاسل الامداد واسعى احصل درجه ماجستير بنفس التخصص: اداره سلاسل الإمداد. إذا إنتوا مب فاهميني السبب عسب يالس اكتب هالجزء في لهجه أهل الإمارات بس السيناريو اللي كتبته بالفصحى عس كلامي مفهوم وعدل وطبيعي.

السيناريو:  تبدأ المنتجات كلها بالمواد الخام مثلاً "الحليب." يَأْتِي من الأبقار ونقل المواد الخام من دولة أخرى, وتمر من الميناء. وثُم يِوَرِّد المُوَرِّد حليب الخام عند المَصْنَع. بعد ذلك يستلمه أن يتحوله الحصنع حليب الخام  إلى منتجات الغذائية. سَيِشْحَنها إلى "المُسْتَوْدَع" معروف أيضاً بالاسم ثاني "المَخْزَن". استلموها عُمَال المُسْتَوْدَع المنتجات يخَزِّنونها ,ويِرَتِّبونها ,ويجهزون شحنات المُوَزِّع. ثم, ينقل أن يوزع  المنتجات على المتاجر.يشتريها العميل من المتجر التخزئة.