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Arabic Dialect Sample Comparisons: Useful Vocabulary

Parts of the body

Levantine Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Jordanian	listen	Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin
Lebanese	listen	Body, shoulder, shoulders, back, chest, stomach, thigh, thighs, knee, knees, foot, feet, hand, hands, finger, fingers/fingers, neck, ear, ears, skin
Palestinian	listen	Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arm, arms, back, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hands, fingers, skin
Syrian	listen	Head, neck, shoulders, chest, arms, back, stomach, foot, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin

Egyptian Dialect	Listen	English Meaning
Egyptian	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the leg, the legs (also used for foot and feet), the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin (only use to refer to body skin as there is another word for your face skin), hair, the nail, the nails

North African Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Algerian	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails
Libyan	listen	Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, foot, feet, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails
Moroccan	listen	Head, neck, shoulder, shoulders, chest, back, arm, arms, stomach, stomach, leg, legs, knee, hand, hands, finger, fingers, skin, hair, nails.
Tunisian	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails
Western Saharan & Mauritanian	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the foot, the feet, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails

Other Major Dialects	Listen	English Meaning
Iraqi	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the tummy, the foot, the feet, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, the hair, the nail, the nails
Bahraini	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, the arm, the arms, the stomach, the leg, the legs, the knee, the knees, the hand, the hands, the finger, the fingers, the skin, hair, the nail, the nails
Yemeni	listen	The head, the neck, the shoulder, the shoulders, the chest, the back, arm, hand, hands, stomach, tummy, leg, legs, knee, knees, finger, fingers, skin, skin, hair, nail, nails/nails, scapula, elbow, armpit, calf, bellybutton

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