The Jeliya catalogue uses العربية / Arabic. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language grouping as Arabic (arab1395). This is a grouping, not a claim that all its varieties share one standard. [1]
Draft — awaiting native-speaker review
This dictionary covers Arabic as catalogued by its sources, including standard and historical usage. Modern Standard Arabic is used in formal writing; everyday African Arabic varieties have their own vocabulary and grammar.
Opening retained from the existing catalogue; awaiting editorial and speaker review.The Jeliya catalogue uses العربية / Arabic. Glottolog indexes the corresponding language grouping as Arabic (arab1395). This is a grouping, not a claim that all its varieties share one standard. [1]
No dated, scope-checked speaker estimate has been approved for this page.
The catalogue classification follows this sequence: Afro-Asiatic → Semitic → West Semitic → Central Semitic → Arabian. [1]
The Glottolog bibliography includes a linguistic description attributed to Barbera, Giuseppe Maria 1939/40 and a more recent one attributed to Barbera, Giuseppe Maria 1939/40. These are publication dates, not language origins. [1]
Arabic is right-to-left. Learn contextual letter shapes, hamza, tāʾ marbūṭa, alif maqṣūra and diacritics. Hebrew-script Judeo-Arabic is a historical writing tradition, not the default script for this MSA course.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.No lexical tone. Three vowel qualities /a i u/ with short/long contrasts, plus dialect-specific changes. Practise pharyngeals /ħ ʕ/, uvular /q/, emphatic /sˤ dˤ tˤ ðˤ/, hamza and gemination. MSA syllables include CV, CVV and CVC; word-final clusters need careful analysis.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.A reviewed alphabet, sound-by-sound IPA guide and reference recordings are still needed.
Awaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Root-and-pattern morphology; SVO and VSO orders with different agreement conditions. Gender, dual, sound/broken plurals, definiteness and case/mood endings belong to formal grammar.
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Modern Standard Arabic (MSA); choose a separate spoken variety for daily life
Existing linguistic-map notes are planning material, not newly verified facts. A named reviewer and reference are still needed.Named child varieties in this record include Hadrami Arabic, Coastal Tihaamah, North Hijazi, South Hijazi, Valley Tihaamah, Hijazi Arabic, Aden, Beda, Habban, a, Judeo-Yemeni Arabic, Sanaani Arabic. These labels do not select Jeliya’s teaching variety. [1]
An entry separates the headword, part of speech, senses and cited examples. A variant is another documented form; a synonym is a different word with a related meaning. Derived expressions can have their own entry. Follow source links and variety tags before using a form.
Search the everyday spelling and check tone-marked forms. ɛ, ɔ, ɲ and ŋ are letters, not removable accents. Search tolerance does not mean two spellings are the same word. Save an entry to keep its stable identity in your wordbook.
Open the dictionaryAwaiting a cited, language-specific contribution and speaker review.
Editorial adaptation: Jeliya
Language reviewer: awaiting appointment
Last revision: 10/12/2026
Harald Hammarström, Robert Forkel, Martin Haspelmath and Sebastian Bank
CC BY 4.0
Source checked: 10/12/2026Barbera, Giuseppe Maria 1939/40
Source checked: 10/12/2026