External Resources

2a. http://dictionary.sakhr.com/
(Arabic-English, English-Arabic)
2c. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/59…English-Arabic
(English-Arabic)
2d. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/46…b2English.html
(Arabic-English)
2f. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/44…ictionary.html
(German-Arabic)
2g. http://www.geocities.com/matyara911/Dictionary.htm
(dictionary of rare words, English-Arabic)
2h. http://www.dictionaric.com/dico%20arabe%20page%20de%20garde.htm
(French-Arabic)
2i. http://www.alburaq.net/dictionary1/transform.cfm
(Arabic-English)
2l. http://www-old.ectaco.com/online/diction.php3?lang=3
(Arabic-English, English-Arabic)
2m. http://www.studyquran.co.uk/LLhome.htm
(Lane’s Arabic-English lexicon; entire dictionary available for free download)
2n. http://www.easy-forex.com/ar/Forex.Dictionary.aspx
(English-Arabic dictionary for commerce & stock market terminology)
2o. http://www.lessan.org/web/all.jsp
(Arabic-German, German-Arabic)
2p. http://www.mpm.gov.ma/documentation/…e_maritime.htm
(French-Arabic glossary of maritime terminology)
2q. http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/gober…e_marroqui.pdf
(Spanish-Moroccan Arabic)
2r. http://www.translationdirectory.com/…lossary019.htm
(English-Arabic finance glossary)
2s. http://www.saccourt.com/geninfo/lega…l_Glossary.pdf
(English-Arabic legal glossary)
2t. http://schools.nyc.gov/NR/rdonlyres/…ry_Arabic1.pdf
(English-Arabic science glossary)
2u. http://www.arabsun.de/dictionary.php
(Arabic-English-German, all directions; German interface)
2v. http://www.pjk.de/ol/dictionary/engl…bic/index.html
(English-Arabic)
2w. http://www.emro.who.int/umd/
(medical glossary, Arabic-English-French-German)
2x. http://www.arablish.com/glossaries/food/food-a.htm
(English-Arabic food glossary)
2y. http://www.click4clinic.com/modules….tter&fletter=A
(medical glossary, both directions)
2z. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/49…sh-Arabic.html
(medical glossary, English-Arabic)
2aa. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/49…ictionary.html
(dentristry glossary, English-Arabic)
2bb. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/50…-Glossary.html
(economic glossary, English-Arabic)
2cc. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/96…-Glossary.html
(glossary of phrases and rare words, English-Arabic)
2dd. http://www.babylon.com/dictionary/55…ing-Terms.html
(glossary of auditing terms, English-Arabic)
2ee. http://www.baheth.info/index.jsp (Arabic-Arabic dictionaries)
2ff. http://www.pcopti.com/
(financial glossary: English-French-Arabic or French-English-Arabic, with explanations in Arabic of the Arabic translations)
2gg. http://web.ifac.org/download/translation_db_file_01.pdf
(glossary of auditing terms, English-Arabic)
2hh. http://www.arabization.org.ma/Dictionnaire.asp
(Arabic-French-English, glossary of field-specific terms, searchable, Arabic interface)
2ii. http://unterm.un.org/dgaacs/arabterm.nsf
(UN terminology; English-Arabic-French-Spanish)
2jj. http://www.arabdictionary.huji.ac.il/
(Arabic-Hebrew, both directions)
2kk. http://www.dictionarybay.com/en_ar.aspx (Arabic-English, both directions, with specialized dictionaries).
2ll. http://www.almaany.com/ (Almaany Dictionary)

Alphabet and Writing:
3a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_alphabet
(about the Arabic alphabet)
3b. http://www.sakkal.com/ArtArabicCalligraphy.html
(about calligraphy)
3c. http://www.webarabic.com/portail/apprendre/prenoms/index.php
(transliteration of some names into Arabic [French site])
3d. http://www.al-islam.com/key.htm
(If you do not have Arabic typing capabilities on your computer you can type the Arabic word[s] out here and copy and paste them onto the forum)
3e. http://fsi-language-courses.com/Cour…g%20System.pdf
(Foreign Service Institute’s course on the writing system of Classical Arabic. Warning: Some words are incorrectly spelled with a ء)
3f. http://www.iu.edu.sa/edu/mutawasit/hroqa1_index.htm
(Madinah textbook for writing riq3a)
3g. http://www.muftah-alhuruf.com/email.html
(Use this virtual keyboard to compose e-mails or other documents in Arabic. It even types Arabic numbers!)
3h. http://www.lexilogos.com/clavier/araby.htm
(another virtual keyboard)
3i. http://www.yamli.com/ar/
(Great transliteration tool from Latin alphabet into Arabic)

Grammar:
4a. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_grammar
(summary of Arabic grammar)
4b. http://home.unilang.org/main/wiki2/index.php/Arabic:_Verb_Reference
(Arabic verb stem patterns and basic conjugation)
4c. http://www.dalilusa.com/Arabic_Course/glossary_arabic_grammar.asp
(Arabic grammatical terminology)
4d. http://www.multimediaquran.com/quran…ames/index.htm
(Arabic verb conjugations)
4e. http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/mji…mar%20Book.doc
(mini-grammar book)
4f. http://acon.baykal.be/
(free verb conjugator!)
4g. http://www.grammatiken.de/arabische-grammatik/
(arabische Grammatik im Überblick – auf Deutsch/in German)
4h. http://www.reefnet.gov.sy/Arabic_Pro…ency_Index.htm
(Grammatical tips and rules concerning correct writing in Arabic)
4i. http://www.reefnet.gov.sy/education/kafaf/index.html
(various grammatical explanations in Arabic – with explanations of how to use many Arabic particles)
4j. http://www.iu.edu.sa/edu/thanawi/2/NahwSarf/index.htm
4k.http://www.iu.edu.sa/edu/thanawi/3/NahwSarf/index.htm
(two links above: Arabic grammar in Arabic – intended for native speakers at the high school level)
4l http://arabic.tripod.com/ (various grammatical explanations – as well as vocabulary lists, information on the history of Arabic, and more)

Vocabulary:
5a. http://orientx.unizh.ch:9080/nabori/overview.jsp
(test your knowledge of Arabic vocabulary [German site])
5b. http://www.jordanianarabic.com/arabicclass/myclass.html
(basic vocabulary lists)
5c. http://www.jordanianarabic.com/arabi…ary/index.html
(vocabulary lists with pictures)
5d. http://www.languageguide.org/arabic/
(basic vocabulary, with some grammar)
5e. http://arabic.desert-sky.net/index.html
(basic vocabulary, MSA and Egyptian)
Basic Words and Phrases – Classical Arabic:
6a. http://cecilmarie.web.prw.net/arabworld/arabic/
6b. http://www.i-cias.com/babel/arabic/01.htm
6c. http://www.damascus-online.com/guide/phrases.htm#Numbers_
Basic Words and Phrases – Colloquial Arabic:
Online Lessons/Tutorials – Classical Arabic:
8a. http://www.ukindia.com/zar1.htm
(reading)
8b. http://mec.sas.upenn.edu/marhaba/lesson_plans.html
(basic vocabulary and grammar)
8c. http://www.lootah.sch.ae/ArabicTutor/MenuEng.htm
(basic reading and conversation)
8d. (http://www.hfac.uh.edu/mcl/karima/arabic/
(alphabet)
8e. http://www.multimediaquran.com/quran/arabic/
(grammar)
8f. http://www.webarabic.com/portail/apprendre/
(French site)
8g. http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/
(basic Arabic)
8h. www.madinaharabic.com
(beginner’s course with audio)
8i. http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/06.htm
(basic phrases, writing, and more)
8j. http://www.mediu.org/eMaahad/eBooks/index.htm
(Arabic grammar, writing, and more – mostly in Arabic; not accessible through Firefox)
8k. http://www.uponsunnah.com/arabic.php
(recorded lectures)
8l. http://islamic-knowledge.com/Learnin…nah_Books_wma/
(more recorded lectures)
8m. http://www.muslimtents.com/learninga…classinfo.html
(audio lessons)
8n. http://transliteration.org/quran/home.htm
(exercises in transliteration – based on the text of the Qur’an. You can choose your own interface language!)
8o. http://www.musulmanesandaluces.org/madrasa/Madrasa.htm
(Arabic lessons for speakers of Spanish)
8p. http://tutor.lootah.com/
(lessons covering the alphabet, words, sentences, and conversations, with audio)
8q. http://onlinelearning.lingnet.org/arabic/default1.htm
(lessons for intermediate and advanced students)
8r. http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Arabic
(basic lessons for beginners)
8s. http://www.almadrasa.org/recursos/
(in Spanish)
8t. http://areg.amaksoud.com/Arabic
(basic lessons with exercises)

Online Lessons/Tutorials – Colloquial Arabic:
(Western Arabic, Levantine Arabic, Egyptian Arabic, Saudi Arabic)
Media:
(online lessons in Syrian Arabic)
9b. http://friendsofmorocco.org/arabictoc.htm
(Moroccan Arabic)
9c. http://www.speakmoroccan.com/
(Moroccan Arabic)
9d. http://onlinelearning.lingnet.org/BIA/data/loader.htm
(Iraqi Arabic)
9e. http://aramati.com/aramati_old/publi…bic/index.html
(Sudanese Arabic)
9f. http://abcleb.com/
(Lebanese Arabic)
9g. http://web.1asphost.com/NOASS/ArEg/
(Egyptian Arabic, with standard Arabic as well)
9h. http://pageduliban.ch/index.htm
(Lebanese Arabic, with standard Arabic as well – site in French)
9i. http://www.gulfarabic.com/
(extensive lessons in Gulf Arabic)
9j. http://fsi-language-courses.com/Arabic.aspx
(Tunisian TV. Click “Direct” on the left. Broadcasts in MSA and Tunisian Arabic)
About Arabic:
(BBC – news in Arabic)
10b. mms://82.178.28.24/moiaudio
(Omani radio)
10c. http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
(Al-Jazeera in English)
10d. http://www.arabicnews.com/
(News from the Arab world)
10e. http://www.podcast.net/cat/90
(Downloadable music and news; can be played directly)
10f. http://arabic-media.com/arabicnews.htm
(Online newspapers from different Arab countries)
10g. http://www.rmc-mo.com/ar/
(Radio Monte Carlo; Arabic-speaking radio with news and entertainement, broadcast from Paris. Interesting for those wishing to listen to different Arabic dialects)
10h. http://www.sis.gov.eg/Ar/Default.htm
(Egyptian radio and television station)
10i. http://www.alarabiya.net/aatv.aspx
(Arabic news channel from Dubai)
10j. http://www.tunisiatv.com/index1.html
11a. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0804477.html
(about the Arabic language – general)
11b. http://www.pacificarabic.com/resources/diglossia.shtml
(about Arabic diglossia)
11c. http://www.pacificarabic.com/resources/whystudy.shtml
(“Why study Arabic?”)
11d. http://www.alhewar.net/Basket/Habeeb_Salloum_Spanish_Language.htm
(about Arabic influences on the Spanish language)
11e. http://www.chj.de/index.html
(about the Arabic language, its writing system, and more – site in German)
11f. http://arabworld.nitle.org/introduction.php?module_id=1
(about Arabic – general)
11g. http://semitistik.uni-hd.de/seeger/e…/ramalla_e.htm
(about the Arabic dialect of central Palestine – with recordings)
11h. http://arabicgems.wordpress.com/
(various fascinating aspects of the Arabic language)
11i. http://www.yabeyrouth.com/pages/index2849.htm
(articles about Arabic, poetic wonders, lists of common errors, and more)
11j. http://www.wm.edu/aata/arabic.php
(about the Arabic language, with demonstrations of how to write the letters)
11k. http://arabic.desert-sky.net/faq.html
(Arabic FAQ’s)
Downloads:
(a wealth of scholarly articles, etc. about Arabic language pedagogy)
Pronunciation:
(various PDF files with lessons, grammar charts, and more)
12b. http://www.hmaxos.com/downloads.htm
(various PDF files about spoken and written Arabic, the Arabic plural system, the Arabic keyboard, and more)
12c. http://www.almeshkat.net/books/list.php?cat=16
(various books – reference and otherwise – available for download)
12d. http://www.arabicl.org.sa/index.php
(a list of the letters: click to hear the pronunciation)
Miscellaneous:
13b. http://wahiduddin.net/words/99_pages/app_a_pronunciation.htm
13c. http://www.arabic2000.com/arabic/alphabet.html
(short passages at various level of difficulty to practice reading comprehension, with exercises)
Texts for Learners:
(a site with a wealth of links; the explanatory information on the main page is in Danish but most of linked-to websites are not)
14b. http://gloss.lingnet.org/searchResources.aspx
(a wealth of Arabic resources, for various levels and skills. Just choose Arabic and indicate the level and skills you are interested in)
14c. http://www.pcdc.edu.ps/textbooks/index.htm
(all Palestinian textbooks in pdf format)
14d. http://www.jordanianarabic.com/arabi…zthanksaa.html
(a plethora of various resources for learners; as of 16/11/06, not all links work)
14e. http://www.geckil.com/~harvest/arabic/
(many resources, including media, vocabulary and grammar tutorials, and others)
14f. http://www.arabicclass.com/
(various tutorials for classical and colloquial Arabic, among other things)
14g. http://www.geckil.com/~harvest/arabic/index.html
(a wealth of resources on various topics)
14h. http://www.ali.aucegypt.edu/ReadingL…ing/index.html
(Children’s stories in Arabic – some vowelized)
Audio:
(Book of Life translation of the Bible – fully vowelized)
15b. http://transliteration.org/quran/Web…ble/Fram2E.htm
(Fully vowelized and transliterated text of the Qur’an)
15c. http://www.childrenslibrary.org/icdl…ish&langid=309
(readings from “Ali Baba and the Fourty Thieves” – Russian interface)
16b. http://www.iub.edu/%7Esmac/summer/rec_text_a100.htm
(lessons and drills for beginners)
16c. http://www.alnilin.com/children/read&hear.htm
(readings from “Alice in Wonderland” to accompany written text)
16d. http://memritv.org/
(hundreds of video clips on a variety of contemporary topics – subtitled)
16e. http://www.france24.com/ar/
(French news channel, with Arabic service. Click on البث المباشر.)
16f. http://www.aljazeera.net/Channel/Livestreaming
(Aljazeera news channel)
[Courtesy of forum.wordreference.com]

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