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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Getting Acquainted      

What is your name?

Levantine Dialects Listen English Meaning
Jordanian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
Jordanian listen Hi, my name is Wafaa.
Lebanese listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What are your names? (P.)
Lebanese listen Hello, my name is Zeina.
Hello, my name is Zeina.
Palestinian listen What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (M.S.)
What are your names? (P.)
Palestinian listen My name is Naheel.
My name is Ahmad.
Syrian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
Syrian listen Hi, my name is Linda.

 

Egyptian Dialect Listen English Meaning
Egyptian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Egyptian listen My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam.

 

North African Dialects Listen English Meaning
Algerian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Algerian listen My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam.
Libyan listen Hi my name is Elabed.
Moroccan listen Hi my name is Boushra.
Hi my name is Boushra.
I’m Boushra.
Tunisian listen What is your name? (S.)
What are your names? (P.)
Tunisian listen My name is Sondes. (S.)
Our names are Senia, Sondes and Anne-Laure. (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name?(P.)
Western Saharan & Mauritanian listen My name is Khadijatou.
My name is Khadijatou.
My name is Khadijatou.

 

Other Major Dialects Listen English Meaning
Iraqi listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Iraqi listen My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam.
Bahraini listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Bahraini listen My name is Ahmed.
My name is Maryam.
Yemeni listen What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)

What is your name? (M.S.)
What is your name? (F.S.)
What is your name? (P.)
Yemeni listen May I know [your name]?
Yemeni listen May I know your name? (formal)
What is your name? (formal)
Yemeni listen I’m Mahoud.
I’m Fatima.
My name is Mahmoud.
My name is Fatima

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