🗣 SPOKEN ARABIC | Resource Library #05
How to use this directory?
In no particular order, here is a list of SPOKEN ARABIC publications that we recommend for Arabic language learners who wish to expand their knowledge of Spoken Arabic and consolidate what they have learned in class.
Categories & Type of Publications
The listings below are organised into the following categories:
- LEVANTINE ARABIC GROUP (Levantine Arabic, Palestinian Arabic, Lebanese Arabic, Jordanian Arabic, Syrian Arabic)
- EGYPTIAN ARABIC GROUP
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- MAGHREBI ARBAIC GROUP (Maghrebi Arabic, Tunisian Arabic, Libyan Arabic)
- GULF ARABIC GROUP (Gulf Arabic, Kuwaiti Arabic)
- IRAQI / MESOPOTAMIAN ARABIC GROUP
- SUDANESE ARBAIC GROUP
- MSA (MODERN STANDARD ARABIC)
Skill Levels
BEG. : Brief & Concise | INT. – Fairly Comprehensive | ADV. Comprehensive & Complex
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| CATEGORY | COVER | PUBLICATION | LEVEL | DATE | AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | GET A COPY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEVANTINE ARABIC GROUP | |||||||
| ████ Levantine Arabic | |||||||
| Levantine Arabic |   | Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) | BEG. - ADV. | 2015 | Mohammad Al-Masri | Routledge | Get |
| Levantine Arabic |   | Formal Spoken Arabic Fast Course with MP3 File | BEG. - INT. | 2004 | Karin C. Ryding, Abdelnour Zaiback | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Levantine Arabic |   | Shou fi ma fi?: Intermediate Levantine Arabic | INT. | 2010 | Rajaa Chouairi | Yale University Press | Get |
| Levantine Arabic |   | Talk Arabic: The Ideal Arabic Course for Absolute Beginners | BEG. | 2015 | Jonathan Featherstone , Lynne Strugnell , Yukiko Isono | BBC Active | Get |
| Levantine Arabic |   | Situational Levantine Arabic 1: Haki Kill Yoom | BEG. - INT. | 2019 | Matthew Aldrich, Rita Housseiny, Alaa Abou El Nour | Lingualism | Get |
| Levantine Arabic |   | Situational Levantine Arabic 2: Haki Kill Yoom | BEG. - INT. | 2019 | Matthew Aldrich, Rita Housseiny, Alaa Abou El Nour | Lingualism | Get |
| ████ Palestinian Arabic | |||||||
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Colloquial Palestinian Arabic: An Introduction to the Spoken Dialect | BEG. - ADV. | 2010 | Nasser M. Isleem | Alucen Learning | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy: Palestinian Arabic; the Arabic Dialect of Palestine and Israel | BEG. - INT. | 2015 | Yatir Nitzany | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Speaking Arabic: The Complete English - Spoken Palestinian Arabic Self Instruction Course | BEG. - ADV. | 2011 | J. Elihay | Minerva Publishing House | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Hakini Arabi: Palestinian and Jordanian Colloquial for Beginners | BEG. | 2015 | Ghazi Abuhakema , Nasser Isleem (Contributor), Raed Qasem (Contributor) | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Arabic Voices 1: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Dialects | BEG. - ADV. | 2015 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | Arabic Voices 2: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Dialects | BEG. - ADV. | 2014 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get |
| Palestinian Arabic |   | The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated Dictionary of Conversational Eastern Arabic (Palestinian) | BEG. - ADV. | 2007 | J. Elihay (Author), A. Golani (Editor), C. Sutherland (Translator) | Minerva Publishing House | Get |
| ████ Lebanese Arabic | |||||||
| Lebanese Arabic |   | MarHaba: A Course in Levantine Arabic - Lebanese Dialect | BEG. | 2015 | George Nicolas El-Hage | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| ████ Jordanian Arabic | |||||||
| Jordanian Arabic | Spoken Arabic Dictioanary, Diwan Baladna: Learn Arabic | BEG. - ADV. | 2011 | Ahmad Kamal Azban | Get | ||
| Jordanian Arabic | Arab Culture, Diwan Baladna: From an Arab's Perspective | BEG. - ADV. | 2010 | Ahmad Kamal Azban | Get | ||
| Jordanian Arabic |   | Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy: Jordanian Dialect, Jordanian Arabic, Levantine arabic colloquial | BEG. | 2015 | Yatir Nitzany | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Jordanian Arabic |   | Jordanian Arabic between Diglossia and Bilingualism: Linguistic analysis | ADV. | 1985 | Saleh Mahmoud Khalil Suleiman | John Benjamins Publishing Company | Get |
| Jordanian Arabic |   | Topics in the Phonology of Jordanian Arabic: An Optimality Theory Perspective | ADV. | 2012 | Khaled Abu-Abbas | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | Get |
| ████ Syrian Arabic | |||||||
| Syrian Arabic |   | A Reference Grammar of Syrian Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series) | INT. ADV. | 2016 | Mark W. Cowell | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Syrian Arabic |   | Dictionary of Syrian Arabic English-Arabic | BEG. - ADV. | 2004 | Karl Stowasser (Editor), Moukhtar Ani (Editor) | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| EGYPTIAN ARABIC GROUP | |||||||
| ████ Egyptian Arabic | |||||||
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Kallimni 'arabi: An Intermediate Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic | INT. | 2007 | Samia Louis | The American University in Cairo Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Lonely Planet Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary | BEG. | 2014 | Lonely Planet | Lonely Planet | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Kallimni 'Arabi Bishweesh: A Beginners' Course in Spoken Egyptian Arabic | BEG. | 2009 | Samia Louis | The American University in Cairo Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Arabiyyat al-Naas fii MaSr (Part One) An Introductory Course in Arabic | BEG. - INT. | 2019 | Munther Younes, Makda Weatherspoon, Elizabeth Huntley, Jonathan Featherstone | Routledge | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Arabic Diaries: Reading and Listening Practice in Authentic Spoken Arabic | 2016 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get | |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Arabic Voices: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic: Volume 3 | 2017 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get | |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Colloquial Arabic Vocabulary | BEG. INT. | 2015 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Kalaam Gamiil: v. 1: An Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic | INT. | 2010 | Abbas Al-Tonsi , Laila Al-Sawi , Suzanne Massoud | The American University in Cairo Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Arabic Phrasebook (Rough Guide Phrasebooks) | BEG. | 2002 | Rough Guides | Rough Guides | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Learn to Speak and Understand Egyptian Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs | 2001 | Pimsleur | Pimsleur | Get | |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Arabic-English/ English-Egyptian Arabic Dictionary & Phrasebook | BEG. INT. | 2013 | Mahmoud Gaafar , Jane Wightwick | Hippocrene Books | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Big Fat Book of Egyptian Arabic Verb | BEG. INT. | 2016 | Matthew Aldrich , Yomna Adly | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic | | Arabic Voices 2: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Dialects | INT. ADV. | 2014 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic | | Arabic Voices 1: Authentic Listening and Reading Practice in Modern Standard Arabic and Colloquial Dialects | INT. ADV. | 2015 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Umm Al-Dunya: Advanced Egyptian Colloquial Arabic | ADV. | 2013 | Abbas Al-Tonsi | The American University in Cairo Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Kalaam Gamiil: an Intensive Course in Egyptian Colloquial Arabic: Volume 2 | INT. ADV. | 2012 | Abbas Al-Tonsi | The American University in Cairo Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Situational Egyptian Arabic 2: Kalaam Kull Yoom | INT. ADV. | 2019 | Matthew Aldrich and Alaa Abou El Nour | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Situational Egyptian Arabic 1: Kalaam Kull Yoom | BEG. INT. | 2019 | Matthew Aldrich and Alaa Abou El Nour | Lingualism | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Egyptian Arabic Vocabulary Course New Edition (Learn Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method): Intermediate Arabic Audio Course | INT. | 2019 | Jane Wightwick, Mahmoud Gaafar | Get | |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Foundation Egyptian Arabic New Edition (Learn Egyptian Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method): Beginner Egyptian Arabic Audio Course | BEG. | 2019 | Jane Wightwick and Michel Thomas | Hodder Education Publication | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Total Egyptian Arabic Course: Learn Egyptian Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method: Beginner Egyptian Arabic Audio Course | BEG. | 2015 | Jane Wightwick and Michel Thomas | Hodder Education Publication | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Intermediate Egyptian Arabic New Edition (Learn Arabic with the Michel Thomas Method): Intermediate Egyptian Arabic Audio Course | INT. | 2020 | Jane Wightwick and Michel Thomas | Get | |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | The Acquisition of Egyptian Arabic as a Native Language (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics) | ADV. | 2007 | Margaret K. Omar | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Egyptian Arabic |   | Let's Chat in Arabic: A Practical Introduction to the Spoken Arabic of Cairo (English and Arabic Edition) | 1986 | Ahmed Hassanein Mona Kamel | Amer Univ in Cairo | Get | |
| MAGHREBI ARBAIC GROUP | |||||||
| ████ Maghrebi Arabic | |||||||
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | An Introduction to Moroccan Arabic and Culture | 2011 | Abdellah Chekayri | Georgetown University Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | Dictionary of Moroccan Arabic Moroccan- English / English- Moroccan (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language & Linguistics) | 2004 | R.S. Harrell (Editor), Harvey Sobelman (Editor) | Georgetown University Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | A Basic Course in Moroccan Arabic with MP3 Files (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language & Linguistics) | 2006 | R.S. Harrell, Mohammed Abu-Talib, William S. Carroll | Georgetown University Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | Lonely Planet: Moroccan Arabic Phrasebook | 2014 | Dan Bacon | Lonely Planet Publications | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | A Short Reference Grammar of Moroccan Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series) | 2010 | Richard S. Harrell | Georgetown University Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | Moroccan Arabic Reader | 1989 | Habaka Feqhali and A. Kaye | Dunwoody Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | B chuiya b chuiya A1, árabe marroquí | 2013 | Francisco Moscoso García | Albujayra | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic | | Moroccan Arabic Reader | 1989 | Habaka Feqhali and A. Kaye | Dunwoody Press | Get | |
| Maghrebi Arabic |   | 3-Minute Moroccan Arabic - 25 Lesson Series Audible Audiobook | 2017 | Innovative Language Learning, LLC | Get | ||
| ████ Tunisian Arabic | |||||||
| Tunisian Arabic |   | Tunisian Arabic in 30 Lessons: A Course in Tunsi: The Spoken Language in Tunisia | BEG. INT. | 2013 | Dr Mohamed Bacha | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Tunisian Arabic |   | Tunisian Arabic - English Dictionary | BEG. ADV. | 2015 | Mohamed Bacha | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Tunisian Arabic |   | Tunisian Colloquial Arabic Vocabulary | BEG. ADV. | 2015 | Matthew Aldrich, Lilia Kachroum (Translator) | Lingualism | Get |
| ████ Libyan Arabic | |||||||
| Libyan Arabic |   | Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy: Libyan Dialect, Libyan Arabic, Libya, Benghazi, Tripoli | BEG. INT. | 2016 | Yatir Nitzany | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Get |
| Libyan Arabic |   | Assimilation in the Phonology of a Libyan Arabic Dialect: A Constraint-Based Approach | 2013 | Yousef Elramli | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | Get | |
| Libyan Arabic |   | Spoken Libyan Arabic | 2004 | E. Dickinson | Dunwoody Press | Get | |
| IRAQI / MESOPOTAMIAN ARABIC GROUP | |||||||
| ████ Iraqi Arabic | |||||||
| Iraqi Arabic |   | Beginner's Iraqi Arabic, with 2 audio CDs | BEG. | 2006 | Nawal Nasrallah , Nadia Hassani | Hippocrene Books Inc. | Get |
| Iraqi Arabic |   | Modern Iraqi Arabic: A Textbook | BEG. INT. | 2006 | Yasin M. Alkalesi | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Iraqi Arabic |   | A Short Reference Grammar of Iraqi Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Languages and Linguistics Series) | BEG. INT. | 2004 | Wallace M. Erwin | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Iraqi Arabic |   | A Basic Course in Iraqi Arabic (Georgetown Classics in Arabic Language and Linguistics) | BEG. | 2004 | W.M. Erwin | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| Iraqi Arabic |   | A Dictionary of Iraqi Arabic: English-Arabic, Arabic-English | BEG.-ADV. | 2003 | B. E. Clarity, Karl Stowasser, Ronald G. Wolfe, D. Woodhead, Wayne Beene | Georgetown University Press | Get |
| GULF/Arabian Peninsula ARABIC | |||||||
| ████ Gulf Arabic | |||||||
| Gulf Arabic |   | Complete Spoken Arabic (of the Arabian Gulf): Teach Yourself | BEG. ADV. | 2016 | Frances Smart | Teach Youself | Get |
| Gulf Arabic |   | Colloquial Arabic of the Gulf (Colloquial Series) | BEG. ADV. | 2015 | Clive Holes | Routledge | Get |
| ████ Kuwaiti Arabic | |||||||
| Kuwaiti Arabic |   | The Syntax of Spoken Arabic: A Comparative Study of Moroccan, Egyptian, Syrian and Kuwaiti Dialects | 2000 | Kristen Brustad | Georgetown University Press | Get | |
| SUDANESE ARBAIC GROUP | |||||||
| ████ Sudanese Arabic | |||||||
| Sudanese Arabic |   | Sudanese Arabic-English - English-Sudanese Arabic: A Concise Dictionary | 2013 | Rianne Tamis, Janet Persson | SIL International, Global Publishing | Get | |
| Sudanese Arabic |   | Sudanese Colloquial Arabic for Beginners | BEG. | 2017 | Andrew M. Persson,Janet R. Persson | SIL International | Get |
| ████ Modern Standard Arabic | |||||||
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Arabic vs. Arabic: A Dialect Sampler | 2018 | Matthew Aldrich | Lingualism | Get | |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Survival Arabic: How to Communicate Without Fuss or Fear - Instantly! (an Arabic Language Phrasebook) (Survival Series) | 2016 | Dr Fethi Mansouri, Yousef Alreemawi, et al. | Periplus Editions | Get | |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Essential Arabic Phrase Book (Essential Phrasebook Series) | 2004 | Dr Fethi Mansouri | Periplus Editions | Get | |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Making Out in Arabic: (Arabic Phrasebook) | 2004 | Dr Fethi Mansouri | Tuttle Publishing | Get | |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Essential Arabic: Speak Arabic with Confidence! (Arabic Phrasebook & Dictionary) | 2012 | Dr Fethi Mansouri | Periplus Editions | Get | |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Pimsleur Arabic (Modern Standard) Conversational Course - Level 1 Lessons 1-16 CD: Learn to Speak and Understand Modern Standard Arabic with Pimsleur Language Programs Audio CD | BEG | 2012 | Pimsleur | Pimsleur | Get |
| Modern Standard Arabic |   | Arabic Phrases For Dummies | BEG. - INT. | 2009 | Amine Bouchentouf | For Dummies | Get |
