ULibraries Research Guides: Arabic Language: Introduction

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Subjects: Islamic Studies, Middle East Studies, Test Preparation

How to find an Arabic book for children in Marriott Library?

To find children's books in Arabic in our catalog:

do a subject search (from the Advanced Search page) for "Arabic language materials" -- be sure to include the quotation marks
narrow your results using the Collection facet, on the right side of the screen when looking at search results in the catalog: clicking on Juvenile Collection (or Marriott Reserve) will restrict the display to items in that collection

Arabic Language اللغة العربية

Arabic Language
For general information about Arabic language, please check out this article in Wikipedia.

اللغة العربية Arabic Language: A link to this free Arabic calligraphy.

Romanization of Arabic

If you are not familiar with Arabic alphabet and do not know how to romanize Arabic script, you can use the LC Arabic Romanization scheme. Romanization/Latinization of Arabic is the representation of the Arabic language with the Latin script. There are several different Arabic romanization schemes exist, but Marriott Library, like other libraries in the North America and UK, uses the ALA-LC transliteration tables of the Library of Congress for different Middle Eastern languages.

Arabic dialects

There are five major dialects groups in Arabic language spoken in more than 20 Arab countries. These accents are known as: Peninsular, Mesopotamian, Levantine, Egyptian, Sudanese and Maghrebi.

Arabic العربیه

Regions Where Arabic is Spoken

Arabic language enjoys official status in 25 countries
Arabic is the official or co-official language of 25 countries that include, among others, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian West Bank and Gaza, Qatar, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Mauritania, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. In addition to the Arab countries, in which Arabic speakers are concentrated, large numbers of Arabic speakers can be found all over the world.

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Arabic langauge courses

Arabic Language Courses at University of Utah
Arabic language at the University of Utah is part of the Middle East Studies. Students will learn the language and also will gain a preliminary understanding of the cultures connected to the language.