{"id":11598,"date":"2015-12-23T23:50:43","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T23:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/?p=11598"},"modified":"2015-12-24T05:51:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T05:51:16","slug":"the-arabic-headache-dialect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-arabic-headache-dialect\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arabic Headache; Dialect!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0 \u00a0Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss a very common problem for non-Arabic natives. Yes, it is that dialect headache! Which Arabic variety should foreigners learn; Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) (Al-Fus&#8217;ha) or Colloquial Arabic with its various dialects (Al-Am&#8217;iyah)? Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. Deciding on one Arabic level or variation depends totally on every learner&#8217;s needs; it is absolutely a personal choice! However, Modern Standard Arabic (Fus&#8217;ha) is widely recommended as a start of Arabic learning for if you learn the basics, it is probably easier to achieve higher proficiency levels in either classical or in any dialect.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11600\" style=\"width: 624px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11600\" class=\"wp-image-11600\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic-Varieties.gif\" alt=\"Arabic Varieties Info-graphic \" width=\"614\" height=\"460\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arabic Varieties Info-graphic<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\u00a0 Why should a non-native start with Modern Standard Arabic? The answer is simply because it is the formal language. It is the widely understood in all Arab countries. You may look weird speaking it in an informal situation but still people will be tolerant and respectful when they know the fact that you are not a native.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_11601\" style=\"width: 608px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ar.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/%D9%84%D9%87%D8%AC%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%B9%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A9#\/media\/File:Arabic_Dialects_ar.svg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11601\" aria-label=\"Arabic Dialects Infographic Via Wikipedia\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11601\" class=\"wp-image-11601\"  alt=\"Arabic_Dialects_Infographic via wikipedia commons\" width=\"598\" height=\"338\" \/ src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia-350x198.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia-768x434.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-11601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arabic_Dialects_Infographic via wikipedia commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><u>A Brief History of Arabic<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Arabic is a Semitic language that has deep roots in history (Classical Arabic).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Although Arabic was spoken all over the Arabian Peninsula before Islam, each tribe had their own differences (dialect).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The Arabic dialect of Quraysh (Makkah) was the most common because all Arabs came for pilgrimage and visit Ka&#8217;bah since the time of Abraham (Ibrahim) and Ishmael (Isma&#8217;il).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">The Qur&#8217;an came in Arabic as a linguistic miracle and challenge to the Arabs who claimed eloquence.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">As Islam expanded to nations outside the Arabian Peninsula, Arabic spread and prevailed.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Arabic interacted with other languages and hence appeared the modern standard Arabic (MSA) and the colloquial Arabic (dialects).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">For more information, read this report entitled; <a href=\"http:\/\/linguistics.byu.edu\/classes\/ling450ch\/reports\/arabic.html\">A History of the Arabic Language<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><u>Modern Arabic (Fus&#8217;ha) vs. Colloquial Arabic (Ami&#8217;yah)<\/u><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is the language of common people whereas Fus&#8217;ha is that of the elite and well-educated (informal vs. formal).<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is free from all kinds of restrictions and rules opposed to Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah with its different dialects is restricted to some geographical areas (e.g. <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/amr-diab-with-him\/\">Egyptian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/kabsah-gulf-cuisine-recipe\/\">Gulf<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-25-most-common-arabic-slang-words\/\">Levantine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/you-are-the-boss-saad-lamjarred\/\">Moroccan<\/a> &#8230; etc) even inside the same country whereas Fus&#8217;ha is imposed on all people as the medium of education.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is the language that children grow up speaking whereas Fus&#8217;ha is not learnt until school.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is distinguished by its many dialects even within the same country whereas Fus&#8217;ha is the language of Qur&#8217;an that should be read according to the rules of Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Illiterate people who speak only Ami&#8217;yah may find difficulties understanding Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is lacking in scientific idioms and specialized modern terminology opposed to Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah has so many subcategories; e.g. the languages of different social classes. There is no such phenomenon in Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is very short in synonyms; there is usually one word that is enough for conveying the meaning whereas Fus&#8217;ha is very rich in synonyms.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah is rarely registered in the form of publications (books newspapers, magazines, documents &#8230; etc) whereas libraries are full of Fus&#8217;ha resources.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Ami&#8217;yah dictionaries and reference books are rare in opposition to Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">Most <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/egyptian-proverbs-9\/\">Arabic proverbs<\/a> are in Ami&#8217;yah.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify\">A lot of Ami&#8217;yah words are derived from Fus&#8217;ha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0641\u062a\u0627\u0629 \u062a\u062a\u062d\u062f\u062b \u0628\u062b\u0645\u0627\u0646 \u0644\u0647\u062c\u0627\u062a \u0628\u0627\u0644\u0644\u063a\u0629 \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 | Girl Speaks 8 Arabic Accents\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eGbIOaoUTYc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong><em><u>Check us back Soon<\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Peace \u0633\u0644\u0627\u0645 \/Salam\/<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"198\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia-350x198.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia-350x198.png 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia-768x434.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2015\/12\/Arabic_Dialects_Infographic-via-wikipedia.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>\u00a0 \u00a0Ahlan, Arabic lovers! Today, we are going to discuss a very common problem for non-Arabic natives. Yes, it is that dialect headache! Which Arabic variety should foreigners learn; Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) (Al-Fus&#8217;ha) or Colloquial Arabic with its various dialects (Al-Am&#8217;iyah)? Unfortunately, there is no one correct answer. Deciding on one&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/the-arabic-headache-dialect\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":11601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3525,3,6,11,13],"tags":[3531,404647,404646,376400,404645,9437,404652,80377,404653,404656,404650,404644,404654,404649,9442,404651,80419,404648,404655],"class_list":["post-11598","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arabic-language","category-culture","category-grammar","category-pronunciation","category-vocabulary","tag-arabic","tag-arabic-amiyah","tag-arabic-fusha","tag-arabic-language","tag-arabic-varieties","tag-colloquial-arabic","tag-dialectic-arabic","tag-egyptian-arabic","tag-formal-arabic","tag-fusha-vs-amiyah","tag-gulf-arabic","tag-history-of-arabic-language","tag-informal-arabic","tag-levantine-arabic","tag-modern-standard-arabic","tag-moroccan-arabic","tag-msa","tag-slang-arabic","tag-which-arabic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11598"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11604,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11598\/revisions\/11604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11598"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11598"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/arabic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11598"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}