Learn Arabic with these useful resources from around the web.
There’s never been a better time to learn a language. No matter your age or experience, a plethora of tools and resources are available to get you started or help you improve your language skills.
Best of all, many of these resources are completely free.
Check out the links below to jump-start your Arabic.
Contents
General
| Omniglot - Basic overview of Arabic with alphabet and useful links |
| Wikipedia - Overview of the Arabic language |
| Learning Arabic - Articles with guides, resources and more from al-Jazeera |
| Arabic Desert Sky - Vocab and grammar |
| ArabicOnline.eu - Course and resources |
Free Courses
| Foreign Service Institute (via Live Lingua) - Levantine and Suadi Arabic courses |
| Peace Corps - Introductory Arabic language course |
| Arabic Studio - Basic alphabet and grammar courses |
| Madinah Arabic - Alphabet and language course |
| Arabic-Alphabet.org - Lessons on alphabet |
Paid Courses
| Amazon - Arabic language learning materials |
| Arabic Pod 101 - Modern learning suite with audio and video lessons |
| Pimsleur - Comprehensive Arabic (Eastern) course based on the Pimseleur method |
| Pimsleur - Comprehensive Arabic (Egyptian) course based on the Pimseleur method |
| Pimsleur - Comprehensive Arabic (Modern Standard) course based on the Pimseleur method |
| Rocket Languages - Premium Arabic language course |
| Udemy - Online Arabic courses from experts |
| LearnArabic.Com - Collection of courses |
Phrases
| Defense Language Institute - Arabic (Egyptian) language survival kit basic guide |
| Defense Language Institute - Arabic (Saudi) language survival kit basic guide |
| Loecsen - Basic Arabic (Moroccan) phrases for travel with audio and illustrations |
| Surface Languages - Basic Arabic phrases with audio |
| Wikivoyage - Arabic travel phrases (no audio) |
| Wikivoyage - Egyptian Arabic travel phrases (no audio) |
Dictionaries and Translation
| Bab.la - Arabic-English online dictionary |
| Bab.la - English-Arabic online dictionary |
| Google Translate - Translate to and from Arabic |
| Firdaous - ~2000 words |
Grammar and Vocabulary
| Forvo - Collection of Arabic words pronounced by native speakers |
| Wikipedia - Arabic grammar |
| Memrise - Spaced repetition site and app for learning Arabic vocabulary |
| Verbix - Arabic verb conjugation tool |
| Arabic Studio - Basic alphabet and grammar courses |
| Arabic: An Essential Grammar - PDF from popular series |
| A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic - Comprehensive PDF |
| Arabic Desert Sky - Vocab and grammar |
| Arabic Online - Grammar guides |
Video
| Easy Languages - Learn Arabic from authentic street interviews |
| Arabic Pod 101 - Modern learning suite with audio and video lessons |
| TED - Watch TED talks with Arabic subtitles and transcripts |
| YouTube - Search videos for learning Arabic |
| Learn Arabic with Maha - YouTube channel with lessons |
Radio and Podcasts
Social Media
| Meetup - List of Arabic language meetups worldwide |
| Reddit - /r/learn_arabic subreddit for learning Arabic |
Books
| Children's Library - Children's books in Arabic |
| Wikivoyage - Arabic travel phrases (no audio) |
| Wikivoyage - Egyptian Arabic travel phrases (no audio) |
| Arabic: An Essential Grammar - PDF from popular series |
| A Reference Grammar of Modern Standard Arabic - Comprehensive PDF |
News
| al-Bab.com - Collection of Arab newspapers |
Other Resources
| Learning Arabic - Articles with guides, resources and more from al-Jazeera |
| ArabicOnline.eu - Course and resources |
Articles and Opinion
| Learning Arabic - Articles with guides, resources and more from al-Jazeera |
This list is updated as more resources become available. You may want to bookmark this page so you can easily refer to it again later.
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