 In this video, you will learn which Arabic dialect you should learn and which one is the most understood around the Arab world. I spoke to Arabs from every single country. So we together can listen to their differences in their dialects and I will help you choose which one to learn. And no, I am not Arab, so I'm not biased to any of those dialects. I don't have a beard and a turban, but I'm just an African-Spanish dude. He'll learn classical Arabic, not dialects, but classical Arabic until he becomes fluent. Oh, my God, I can hear the words. There are around 30 different dialects in the Arabic language nowadays, including the standard Arabic or better known as MSA, MSA, Modern Standard Arabic, which is basically Modernized Classical Arabic. This term is mostly used by Western linguists, but amongst the Arab, they just call it Al-Arabi Al-Fosha, the classic or the eloquent Arabic, which is the Arabic that you can find in the Quran, the Arabic that you can find in the Ahadith of the Prophet, the original one, basically. So this type of Arabic is the liturgical language of the religion of Islam, meaning the language where you can find most texts and most religious activities related to Islam. So if you're a practicing Muslim and you intend to learn Arabic to better understand your religion and to get closer to Allah, then without a doubt that the Arabic that you need to focus on is the classical Fosha Arabic, the original one. And forget about all of these dialects and colloquial languages. Unless you live in an Arab country, you want to learn the local language in order to better understand the people out there and better connect with them and better just feel more comfortable basically in the country. Because the reality is that there is no Arab country right now where you will go to the streets, speak this language and people see that as normal. It's mostly used in the media, in the university, in school, in books, in the news, in the newspapers as well, but not in the streets. You will actually be looked at strangely if you go to the streets in an Arab country, start speaking Fosha or it would just sound like, why are you talking like the people on the news? So the reality is that most Arabs nowadays, if they have a minimum amount of education, they still understand it. I cannot guarantee you that they will be able to speak it and be able to get rid of their dialect, but they will understand most of them. So if you are interested in the Arab culture or your family in law, for example, they are Arab and you want to learn conversational Arabic to better communicate with them or you would like to find a work in an Arab country or something like that, then the question is which Arabic dialect, which type of Arabic should I learn? So first let's listen to all the different Arabic dialects and let's compare them with the Arabic Fosha, the classical one, the original one. And we are going to start looking at this map right here. We are going to start from the West going all the way to the East. So we have Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunis, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Palestine, Saudi, Iraq, UAE, you have Qadar in very little Oman and Yemen. So all of them are going to say exactly the same thing, which is, Peace be upon you. My name is, I am from, and this is how my Arabic dialect sounds. Today I woke up and ate breakfast with my family in the kitchen. Okay, in classical Arabic you would say, Peace be upon you. My name is Muhammad. I am from Spain. And this is the voice that they talk about. Today I woke up in the morning and ate breakfast with my family in the kitchen. Okay, so every time you hear them say something, this is what they say in. So let's start with Mauritania. My name is Muhammad. I come from Mauritania. I am Mauritania. And my name is Hassania. And I come from the city of Denna. Today I woke up in the morning in the kitchen with my family. He said, I woke up in the morning, or my name. And to be honest, most of it, it was classical. It was quite classical. But it's very tricky because, you know, everyone has an accent. So you need to make the difference between the dialect and the accent. So this is Mauritania. Let's see Morocco. Peace be upon you. My name is Avala Adresi. I live in the city of Fassb el-Maghreim. And this is the Moroccan dialect. This is Fassb el-Maghreim. Moroccan dialect, Adresia, I think that behind the scenes, I was speaking to all of them and asking them, which one do they think is the hardest? Most of them, they say that Adresia el-Maghreim, the Moroccan dialect, is the most difficult one to understand. And I do agree with that because I understand pretty much all of the dialects, me as a non-Arab, having learned classical Arabic. And... But when it comes to Moroccan dialect, it's very difficult to understand. However, this sentence is quite simple. So it was still understood. All right, Algerian. Peace be upon you. My name is Yasin. I'm from the capital, Algeria, as they say. And this is the meaning of it. This morning, I was talking to a young man who didn't understand my language. Okay, I think he was exaggerating a little bit. I don't think he speaks like that normally. But maybe because he was in front of the camera, but it's true that the melody that they have, the Algerians and the Moroccans as well, they go like... I'm from the capital, and so on and so forth. And that's it. This is how this melody goes up and down. Now, how we go from the classical Arabic to the non-native Arabic. You know, I mean, I'm from the north. You're not complete. Like that's what he said. I will come north, okay? So, you know, that's just dialects. Peace be upon you. I'm Wadi El-Dahmar. I'm from Toulsi. And this is how I speak Arabic because I'm from Tunisia. Yes, so this morning, did you speak French with your father in the kitchen? A lot of French, you know, some French in there. He started to say French already. So, you know, very canalized by French. Which in Algeria and in Morocco as well, but they didn't say any French word. So, to keep in mind, all the countries that we have been over right now, are colonized by French. So, their dialect, it has a lot of French words. Peace be upon you. My name is Khadija. I'm from Libya. I speak Arabic in Algeria. Today, I had breakfast in the kitchen with my family. Today, I had breakfast in the kitchen. Okay, so this is Italian. So, as we see, you know, from the dialects, the colonization does affect, like, how they speak in different Arab countries. Peace be upon you. My name is Adnan. I'm from Libya. And this is my wife. Today, I had breakfast in the kitchen with my family in the kitchen. So, he's from Libya as well. However, he said, kitchen as in kitchen in Arabic. Peace be upon you. My name is Bilal Khaled. And I'm from Cairo. This is my father's dialect, in Egyptian. I had breakfast today and I had breakfast with my family in the kitchen. So, very interesting. Egyptians... They don't say... They don't pronounce the letter Jim. I am sorry. I don't speak very good. From one... He's an Arabic letter. Instead of saying Jim, they say, Jim. So, that's why he said, he said, Lagha. Or, what did he say? Shut up. Stop. No, he doesn't pronounce Jim. So, instead of saying Lajha, he said Lahga. Lahga. Okay, now let's go to Sudan. Peace be upon you. I'm from Sudan, Khartoum. The dialect is a little different from Arabic in other countries, but in the end, I don't understand. I had breakfast with my family at night, and I had breakfast with them, light breakfast, before I left. So, this was long because he was adding enough stuff. However, Sudan... Egyptian and Sudanese are very close. In between them. And I would say, yes, well, if you get used to it, very close from classical Arabic as well. However, I will go as far as saying that Sudan, their dialect is closer from the classical Arabic. It's closer from the classical Arabic. You guys let me know in the comments section, mainly if you are Egyptian, because I know you are Egyptian, you have to be defending yourself like crazy. So, let me know in the comments. I'm Malik. And I'm from Yemen, and this is the dialect of Yemen. Today, I'm from Gomd, and I had breakfast with my family. Mashallah, welcome to Yemen! This type of turban that I have today, guys, is the Yemeni style. And I love Yemen, and I love one particular thing about the dialect. The way how they say the Qaf, they say Gomd. It's almost like in between a Ra and a Ja. So, they say Gomd al-Sabaah al-Yawf, Sabaah al-Woo, and the way how they speak, like in comparison, for example, with Tunis, I mean with Jaze'el, you see how he said, It's very like, but in Yemen, it's very like, if you guys get what I'm trying to say. So, that's very interesting as well. Now we go to Saudi and you will see that in Saudi, it's the opposite. They are very like, in Yemen, it's Saudi. Peace be upon you. I'm Mohamed Al-Ghanemi. I'm from Jeddah. This is our great family, we speak like this. Today, I had breakfast with my family. Maybe because he was young, and you guys didn't, it wasn't congruent with what I said, but Saudis, they tend to be like very, Abu Ya Salaam alaikum, Abu Ya Taala, Hayyag Allah, Hayyag Allah. This is from my experience, you guys have been knowing the comments. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. My name is Al-Awiyah. I'm 22 years old. I'm from Oman. Today, I had breakfast with my family in the kitchen. Oman, very straight to the point. Pretty much, pretty much very close from Arabic. And that's one important thing to mention, guys. The closer we get to, but it's difficult to say though, because Morditania, he used a lot of, and I am actually in Morditania right now, and they use a lot of classical Arabic words. But the closer, I would say that the closer you get from Saudi Arabia and Yemen and the Arabic Peninsula, the more classical the Arabic becomes and more clear to my ear. Me, knowing only classical Arabic. Only know classical Arabic. And I understand pretty much from my classical Arabic a lot of different dialects. And I would say that the ones that I understand the most is the ones that are the closest from the Arabian Peninsula. May the peace and blessings of Allah be upon you. My name is Yahya. And I live in Dubai. And this is where we live in Dubai. Today, I left my family in the kitchen at 7 AM. Now, Dubai, these brothers from the UAE. I don't know what to say, man. He said a few words, I didn't get it to be honest with you guys. He said the same thing. So Qatar and UAE very close, so it makes sense that they pretty much said the same thing. I like how he said Qatar. Qatar, Qatar. I'm from Qatar. I'm from Qatar. I'm from Qatar. I'm from Bahrain. And this is the road that I'm talking about. Today, I was sleeping and eating breakfast with my family in the kitchen. And eating breakfast. Mashallah. Bahrain, very close to the UAE. I would say, you know, they have their own way of saying things instead of a kaltu or a kalt, a kalat. You see, in Saudi Arabia as well, they say instead of saying alam, they say alam. As-salamu alaykum. My name is Babian. And I'm from Iraq. And this is the Iraqi flag. Today, I'm sleeping and I'm sleeping with my family. The way the Iraqi speaks is very heavy. Like very Arab. You see, like, I'm from Iraq. Like, he pronounced every single letter very strongly. You see, when it comes to Syria and like all the Sham, it's a little bit more like sweeter, you see? Like, it's sweeter. Like, you guys will see from the next few countries, Jordan and Palestine is like very... They say, ay, like, how are you? How are you? Ay, you see? What am I trying to say? As-salamu alaykum. My name is Faris. I'm from Jordan. And my language is like this. Today, I woke up in the morning and ate breakfast in the kitchen with my family. Like this. Today, I thought like this and... Ay, like that. In Saleh, I'm from Palestine and that's how we talked about it in Palestine. Today, I woke up in the morning and ate breakfast with my family. And again, like, he pretty much used like, you know, in this case, Jordan and Palestine being very close. Again, they use a lot of words, a lot of the same words. The last one, Lebanon. As-salamu alaykum. My name is Ali. I'm from Lebanon. And this is the Arabic language. And this is the Arabic language from Lebanon. Today, I woke up in the morning and ate breakfast in the kitchen with my family. Same words, I forgot. I forgot. I don't know. So this was all the different dialects. So as you've seen, there are a few differences. They pronounce certain words differently. Some don't pronounce certain letters and pronounce other letters instead. But what we know for sure is that if you know the classical Arabic language, all of these dialects, they become easy to understand. So if you are someone who wants to learn the Arabic language for whatever, regardless of the reason, I would say go ahead and learn the basics. Meaning learn the full Arabic, the original one, the classical one, the one that is closer from MSA. If you were to try and learn the dialect first, it would be like trying to cook a meal when you don't even know how to cook an omelette or an egg or trying to get your PhD when you don't even have your high school diploma yet. Or to put it in a simpler manner is like trying to learn English slang when you don't even know the correct one yet. So I myself being my mother tongue Spanish, the first one, I learned Arabic from scratch and now I pretty much understand all of these dialects. So if you are interested in learning Arabic, regardless of the reason, I would invite you to watch and check out a presentation that I put together. You can find the link down below and I will walk you through how I went from zero to fluent and how you can do it in 15 months, inshallah, and give you the plan, the game plan, and you can as well get this book right here that I've put together. You can get it, oops, you guys see what was holding it, but you guys can get this book which is something I've put together as you guys can see it's pretty thick and it's basically, you can get it in digital form and it's the game plan on how to become fluent. So until here guys, I want to see the real loyal viewers man, the comments down below. So I want you to comment something very specific to show me that you are a loyal viewer. What I want you to comment is Arabic dialects, Arabic dialects, comment these down below so I can see who is the real viewers because there's a lot of people to be honest they based on the analytics, there's like 70% of people who watch this and they not even subscribed. So just keep in mind guys, any, none of my videos are monetized. You know, I don't get anything from you watching other than you supporting me. It gives me that boost to keep going and keep creating content to get closer and closer from my objective and my vision in life and my mission which is to teach Arabic to a thousand people and you guys help me in that and share the reward with me which is the most important thing as the Prophet SAW said. Whoever leads someone to good, he will get the same reward as the person who is doing that good. With that being said guys, I'll see you guys on the next one. Comment down below Arabic dialects and I'll see you. Peace be upon you.