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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Greetings & Partings

Good morning

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Lebanese	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning. Good morning.
Palestinian	listen	Good morning.
Syrian	listen	Good morning.

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Egyptian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Egyptian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Egyptian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Algerian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Libyan	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Libyan	listen	How are you this morning? (M.P.) Response: We are well.
Libyan	listen	Good morning. (formal) Response: Good morning to you too. (formal)
Libyan	listen	Good morning. (formal) Response: Good morning to you too. (formal)
Libyan	listen	Good day. (M.S.) Good day. (F.S.) Good day. (M.P.) Good day. (F.P.)
Libyan	listen	Good day. Response: Good day.
Moroccan	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Moroccan	listen	How is your morning? (M.S.) Response: No problems. How is your morning? (F.S.) Response: No problems. How is your morning? (P.) Response: No problems.
Tunisian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning, thank you!
Tunisian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning, thank you!
Tunisian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Tunisian	listen	Good day. Response: May your day be better.
Tunisian	listen	May you have a blessed day. Response: Happy day to you, thank you!
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good morning to you. (M.S.) Response: Good morning to you too. Good morning to you. (F.S.) Response: Good morning to you too. Good morning to you. (P.) Response: Good morning to you too.
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	Good morning to you. (M.S.) Response: Good morning to you too. Good morning to you. (F.S.) Response: Good morning to you too. Good morning to you. (P.) Response: Good morning to you too.

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Bahraini	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Yemeni	listen	Good morning. Response: Good morning.
Yemeni	listen	Good morning.Response: Good morning.
Yemeni	listen	Hello. Response: Hello.

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