Arabic vs. Arabic: A Dialect Sampler - Paperback

by Matthew Aldrich (Author)

Arabic vs. Arabic is a comparative reference book that examines Modern Standard Arabic alongside fourteen regional colloquial dialects: Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Sudanese, Egyptian, Palestinian, Jordanian, Lebanese, Syrian, Iraqi, Qatari, Bahraini, Saudi (Hejazi), and Yemeni Arabic.

The book presents vocabulary, grammar, and expressions in side-by-side tables organized by linguistic themes such as common nouns, social expressions, grammatical structures, and time. Additional features include linguistic and cultural notes, native-speaker survey results on dialect perception and mutual intelligibility, and examples illustrating how formal Arabic vocabulary appears in spoken sentence structures. Special orthographic symbols are used to represent dialect-specific pronunciation.

• Side-by-side comparison of 15 Arabic varieties
• Coverage of Modern Standard Arabic and major regional dialects
• Thematic organization by vocabulary and grammar
• Native-speaker survey insights on intelligibility and perception
• Identification of regional foreign loanwords
• Space for learner annotations and observations

The book is intended for learners of all levels and can be used alongside the study of Modern Standard Arabic, a spoken dialect, or both. Audio is included for all dialect samples.