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Arabic dialect on your site!

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Category: Learning Languages
Forum Name: Arabic
Forum Discription: Discussion about studying Arabic using the FSI course.
URL: http://fsi-language-courses.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=580
Printed Date: 16 January 2009 at 2:38am


Topic: Arabic dialect on your site!
Posted By: donia
Subject: Arabic dialect on your site!
Date Posted: 13 April 2008 at 5:41am
Hi,
I find this site fantastic but excuse me I must be honest! The one who is talking in the tapes is not speaking arabic but lebanese or palestinian dialect which are only dialects that don't hase a lot to do with arabic! I  mean that should not be called arabic! It should be called by its name lebanese or palestinian dialect. The official standard arabic is one and only one! Dialects should never be called arabic, it's a shame if we do! You have to chahge the tapes!
 
Many thanks from a real arabian lady.



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Posted By: DemiPuppet
Date Posted: 13 April 2008 at 8:25am
Webster's Collegiate Dictionary defines "Arabic" as

...the prevailing speech of Arabia, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Egypt, and parts of northern Africa.

It's a general term for several dialects.  The official Arabic language is referred to in scholarly circles as "Modern Standard Arabic" or "MSA".





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