Arabic dialects explained. Which one should you learn?

Thinking about learning Arabic but don't know which dialect to choose?

In this video, we will break down the major Arabic dialects, its usefulness and which one to learn.

Let's get started!

Last week when I posted this video on how to learn modern standard Arabic, I got so many comments from you guys requesting me to talk about Arabic dialects.

If you know Arabic, you know that knowing modern standard Arabic is not enough.

You also have to learn different Arabic dialects. But which one should I learn? Which one is more difficult?

Which one is easier? And which one is closer to modern standard Arabic? I'm Mahi Mir Sadagi. I'm from Iran. I live in China.

I've been learning Arabic for over 15 years now. It's not my mother tongue. My mother tongue is Persian.

But I have been learning this language. that is probably why I look a bit Arab.

A lot of you guys think that I'm Arab because I speak fluent Iraqi Arabic.

Everyone thinks that I'm Arab but that's not true. I've learned Arabic and I think I'm the right person to share with you guys how to learn Arabic dialects.

I can speak in Iraqi dialect and Levantine dialects and I can understand all the other dialects that exist.

As I've traveled and lived with Arab people

for a couple of years I've

learned all the accents so in today's video I'm gonna explain

each and every accent to you guys and on

my next video I will also teach you how to learn

these Arabic dialects so please let me know in the comments

down below if you like this type of videos where I speak

about my experience learning Arabic and without further ado let's get this video started first up let's talk about modern standard Arabic first of well, why should I even learn dialects?

It's because modern standard Arabic is only used in newspaper, formal speeches, books, and religious texts, which means it's not used in daily conversation.

So when walking around Arabic countries, you will not hear modern standard Arabic.

If you want to fully master the language and be accepted as a part of the society, you need to learn the dialect of that country.

I remember at that time I was only 10 so my friends like people

of my age they would make fun of me for speaking in standard

Arabic instead of the dialect so it

was it was hard people would always assume that you

are a foreigner they would never ever accept

you as part of their society that's why I decided to not only learn one Arabic dialect but to also learn other ones

because if you really want to learn about the culture and if you really want to get deep with everything, you need to know the dialects.

The first dialect that I want to explain is the beautiful Egyptian dialect.

One of my absolute favorite dialects is the Egyptian dialect.

I just love it when they speak in Egyptian dialect.

Egyptian Arabic is one of the most widely understood dialects. Why?

Because Egypt has the largest Arabic speaking population and its film and TV industry has spread the dialect across the Arab world.

One of the most interesting features of this accent is that instead of pronouncing the word Jim, they pronounce it G.

So instead of saying Jamal, they say Gamel

or they say Gmeel instead of Jamil.

The next Arabic dialect is probably your favorite and And also my favorite, the Levantine accent or the L'hege al-Shamie.

It is spoken in countries such as Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Free Palestine by the way, and Jordan.

They send you messages for you, for you to like me, or for all the news that people are expecting.

Yes, they send you to people who know, even when they like you, they know that they like you. But we will be able to do it.

This dialect is known for its melodic and soft sounds.

So it goes like Honestly, when Lebanese people talk in Arabic, I want to laugh.

I don't know. It sounds so funny. It feels like they're speaking Persian. Because us as Persians, we also speak like this.

We go like, you know, We also like to speak soft and to make it sound more.

more melodic so i think there