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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Getting Acquainted

What languages do you speak?

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (M.S.)
Jordanian	listen	I speak Arabic and French.
Lebanese	listen	Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Lebanese	listen	I speak Arabic. I speak Arabic.
Lebanese	listen	I speak a little Arabic. I speak a little Arabic.
Palestinian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak English. Do you speak English? (F.S) Response: Yes, I speak English. Do you speak English? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak English.
Palestinian	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Palestinian	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Syrian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Syrian	listen	I speak Arabic and French.

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Egyptian	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes we speak Arabic.

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Algerian	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Algerian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Libyan	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (M.P.) Do you speak English? (F.P.)
Moroccan	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Moroccan	listen	I speak Arabic, French, English and a little bit of Italian.
Tunisian	listen	Do you know how to speak English? (S.) Do you know how to speak English? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	I speak many languages. (M/F.S.) We speak many languages. (M.P.) We speak many languages. (F.P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	I speak Arabic, English, Spanish and French.

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Iraqi	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Bahraini	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Response: Yes, I speak Arabic. Do you speak Arabic? (P.) Response: Yes, we speak Arabic.
Bahraini	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Do you speak Arabic? (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Do you speak Arabic? (M.S.) Do you speak Arabic? (F.S.) Do you speak Arabic? (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Do you speak English? (M.S.) Do you speak English? (F.S.) Do you speak English? (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Yes, I speak Arabic. (M.S.) Yes, I speak Arabic. (F.S.) Yes, we speak Arabic. (P.)
Yemeni	listen	Yes, I speak English. (M.S.) Yes, I speak English. (F.S.) Yes, we speak English. (P.)

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