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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Greetings & Partings

Hi, Hello, Peace be upon you

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Hello Response: Hello
Jordanian	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: Peace be upon you too.
Lebanese	listen	Hello.
Palestinian	listen	Hi.
Syrian	listen	Hello.

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And peace be upon you too. Hello. Response: Hello. Hi. Response: Hi.

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	Hello. Response: Hello.
Algerian	listen	Hi. Response: Hi.
Algerian	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And peace be upon you too.
Libyan	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And peace be upon you too. Hello. Response: Hello. Hello. Response: Hello. Hello. Response: Hello. Hello. Response: Hello. Hello. Response: Hello.
Moroccan	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And also upon you. Peace. Response: Peace. Hi. Response: God Bless you. Hello. Response: Hello.
Tunisian	listen	Hi. Response: Hi. Welcome. Response: Welcome [to you] too, thank you. Welcome. Response: Thank you. Welcome. Response: Thank you. Welcome. Response: Thank you.
Western Saharan/Mauritanian	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: Peace be upon you too. Hello. Response: Hello. Hello. Response: Hello.

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And peace be upon you too.
Iraqi	listen	Hello. Response: Hello.
Iraqi	listen	Hello. Response: Hello (M.S.) Response: Hello (F.S.) Response: Hello (P.)
Bahraini	listen	Hello. Response: Hello.
Bahraini	listen	Hi. Response: Hi.
Bahraini	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: And peace be upon you too.
Yemeni	listen	Peace be upon you. Response: Peace be upon you too.
Yemeni	listen	Hello. Response: Bless you.
Yemeni	listen	Hello. Response: Hello.

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