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Jordanian Arabic is a continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of Levantine Arabic spoken by the population of the Kingdom of Jordan. Jordanian Arabic varieties are Semitic, with lexical influences from English, Turkish and French. They are spoken by more than 6 million people, and understood throughout the Levant and, to various extents, in other Arabic-speaking regions. As in all Arabic-speaking countries, language use in Jordan is characterized by diglossia; Modern Standard Arabic is the official language used in most written documents and the media, while daily conversation is conducted in the local colloquial varieties.
Although there is a common Jordanian dialect mutually understood by most Jordanians, the daily language spoken throughout the country varies significantly through regions and socio-economical origin. These variants impact altogether pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary.
Jordanian Arabic falls into three varieties
Arabic (/ˈærəbɪk/;Arabic: العَرَبِية, al-ʻarabiyyah [alʕaraˈbijja] or Arabic: عربي ,عربى ʻarabī [ˈʕarabiː]) is the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century and its modern descendants excluding Maltese. Arabic is spoken in a wide arc stretching across Western Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. Arabic belongs to the Afroasiatic family.
The literary language, called Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the only official form of Arabic. It is used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and news broadcasts.
Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Aramaic, Hebrew, Ugaritic and Phoenician. Standard Arabic is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions.
Some of the spoken varieties are mutually unintelligible, both written and orally, and the varieties as a whole constitute a sociolinguistic language. This means that on purely linguistic grounds they would likely be considered to constitute more than one language, but are commonly grouped together as a single language for political or religious reasons (see below). If considered multiple languages, it is unclear how many languages there would be, as the spoken varieties form a dialect chain with no clear boundaries. If Arabic is considered a single language, it is perhaps spoken by as many as 422 million speakers (native and non-native) in the Arab world, making it one of the six most-spoken languages in the world. If considered separate languages, the most-spoken variety would most likely be Egyptian Arabic with 89 million native speakers—still greater than any other Afroasiatic language. Arabic also is a liturgical language of 1.6 billion Muslims. It is one of six official languages of the United Nations.
There are many varieties of the Arabic language (dialects or otherwise) in existence within five regional forms. Arabic itself is a Semitic language that originated on the Arabian peninsula. The largest divisions occur between the spoken languages of different regions. Some varieties of Arabic in North Africa, for example, are incomprehensible to an Arabic speaker from the Levant or the Persian Gulf. Within these broad regions further and considerable geographic distinctions exist, within countries, across country borders, even between cities and villages.
Another major distinction is to be made between the widely diverging colloquial spoken varieties, used for nearly all everyday speaking situations, and the formal standardized language, found mostly in writing or in prepared speech. The regionally prevalent variety is learned as the speaker's native language, while the formal language is subsequently learned in school. The formal language itself varies between its modern iteration (often called Modern Standard Arabic or MSA in English) and the Classical Arabic that serves as its basis, though Arabic speakers typically do not make this distinction.
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es-salaamu alaykum! Here is a video which will introduce you to 4 short colloquial Arabic Phrases which you can use in a variety of hair raising situations. No need to have seen No.s 1-7- anyone with a small interest in Arabic should find this useful and/or informative. The sentences covered are as below: 1) Everything's fine = kull shay tammam = كل شيء تمام 2) No problem! = mish mushkila = مش مشكلة 3) We gotta go... = laazim nirooH = لازم نروح 4) See you later! = ashoofak ba9dayn! = !أشوفك بعدين There's quite a lot covered in this video to be honest so if I were you I would take some notes down or write down these phrases in your Arabic Learning Diaries, which you should all have! Just to complicate things I speak in Arabic a little bit too, it felt right at the time, but don't worry, ...
This free audiobook teaches Jordanian Arabic and has been developed by the United States Peace Corps. This course is in the public domain. Source material can be freely downloaded from these websites: http://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps-jordanian-arabic-course.php http://multimedia.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/audio/languagelessons/jordan.zip http://www.eric.ed.gov Learn Jordanian Arabic the easy way with this free online Arabic lesson. If you liked this lesson and want to see more then don't forget to give me a thumbs up. This will motivate me to make more videos. Also, leave me a comment. The Arab language is spoken by about 370 Million people worldwide. With this free online Arabic language lesson, you will learn the Arabic language easily. There is no such thing as learning Arabic fa...
CGE Jordan's director teaches you how to express want and also how to inflect this popular auxiliary verb. Buy The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic here: IN THE USA: http://amzn.to/1UBz4lA IN THE UK: http://amzn.to/1WggUaF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: http://jamalon.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/36498695
Lesson 1 to Lesson 10 of Learn Arabic (Jordan) for beginners (Classical Arabic is the formal language in Jordan) Visit languagebeat.com for information about these free languagebeat.com lessons. At languagebeat.com you can also find where to download the Learn Arabic (Jordan) lesson manual that can be used to accompany these free audio lessons.
Learn from the director of CGE Jordan how to inflect one of the most used verbs in Spoken Arabic: راح "raaH" Buy The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic here: IN THE USA: http://amzn.to/1UBz4lA IN THE UK: http://amzn.to/1WggUaF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: http://jamalon.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/36498695
Check out my Jordanian food guide here: https://migrationology.com/jordanian-food/ On Day 2 (which was actually the same morning we arrived, so it was really our first day in Amman), we didn’t do much other than eat some incredibly delicious Jordanian food. After having a quick breakfast at the hotel, which I showed in the first video, we then took a nap. In the early afternoon, we got started for the day, by having some of the most incredible falafel I’ve ever had in my life, and proceeding to have a few snacks, followed by an amazing Jordanian meal for dinner. Here’s a more details looks at what we did on Day 2 of our Jordan trip. 1:02 Falafel Al-Quds - For our first food stop in Amman we went to a famous place called Falafel Al-Quds, known for serving falafel sandwiches on sesame seed...
Speech from the Throne By His Majesty King Abdullah II in Opening the First Ordinary Session of the 17th Parliament Amman, Jordan 3 November 2013
es-salaamu alaykum! Here is a video which will introduce you to 4 short colloquial Arabic Phrases which you can use in a variety of hair raising situations. No need to have seen No.s 1-7- anyone with a small interest in Arabic should find this useful and/or informative. The sentences covered are as below: 1) Everything's fine = kull shay tammam = كل شيء تمام 2) No problem! = mish mushkila = مش مشكلة 3) We gotta go... = laazim nirooH = لازم نروح 4) See you later! = ashoofak ba9dayn! = !أشوفك بعدين There's quite a lot covered in this video to be honest so if I were you I would take some notes down or write down these phrases in your Arabic Learning Diaries, which you should all have! Just to complicate things I speak in Arabic a little bit too, it felt right at the time, but don't worry, ...
This free audiobook teaches Jordanian Arabic and has been developed by the United States Peace Corps. This course is in the public domain. Source material can be freely downloaded from these websites: http://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps-jordanian-arabic-course.php http://multimedia.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/audio/languagelessons/jordan.zip http://www.eric.ed.gov Learn Jordanian Arabic the easy way with this free online Arabic lesson. If you liked this lesson and want to see more then don't forget to give me a thumbs up. This will motivate me to make more videos. Also, leave me a comment. The Arab language is spoken by about 370 Million people worldwide. With this free online Arabic language lesson, you will learn the Arabic language easily. There is no such thing as learning Arabic fa...
CGE Jordan's director teaches you how to express want and also how to inflect this popular auxiliary verb. Buy The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic here: IN THE USA: http://amzn.to/1UBz4lA IN THE UK: http://amzn.to/1WggUaF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: http://jamalon.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/36498695
Lesson 1 to Lesson 10 of Learn Arabic (Jordan) for beginners (Classical Arabic is the formal language in Jordan) Visit languagebeat.com for information about these free languagebeat.com lessons. At languagebeat.com you can also find where to download the Learn Arabic (Jordan) lesson manual that can be used to accompany these free audio lessons.
Learn from the director of CGE Jordan how to inflect one of the most used verbs in Spoken Arabic: راح "raaH" Buy The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic here: IN THE USA: http://amzn.to/1UBz4lA IN THE UK: http://amzn.to/1WggUaF ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD: http://jamalon.com/en/catalog/product/view/id/36498695
Check out my Jordanian food guide here: https://migrationology.com/jordanian-food/ On Day 2 (which was actually the same morning we arrived, so it was really our first day in Amman), we didn’t do much other than eat some incredibly delicious Jordanian food. After having a quick breakfast at the hotel, which I showed in the first video, we then took a nap. In the early afternoon, we got started for the day, by having some of the most incredible falafel I’ve ever had in my life, and proceeding to have a few snacks, followed by an amazing Jordanian meal for dinner. Here’s a more details looks at what we did on Day 2 of our Jordan trip. 1:02 Falafel Al-Quds - For our first food stop in Amman we went to a famous place called Falafel Al-Quds, known for serving falafel sandwiches on sesame seed...
Speech from the Throne By His Majesty King Abdullah II in Opening the First Ordinary Session of the 17th Parliament Amman, Jordan 3 November 2013
This free audiobook teaches Jordanian Arabic and has been developed by the United States Peace Corps. This course is in the public domain. Source material can be freely downloaded from these websites: http://www.livelingua.com/peace-corps-jordanian-arabic-course.php http://multimedia.peacecorps.gov/multimedia/audio/languagelessons/jordan.zip http://www.eric.ed.gov Learn Jordanian Arabic the easy way with this free online Arabic lesson. If you liked this lesson and want to see more then don't forget to give me a thumbs up. This will motivate me to make more videos. Also, leave me a comment. The Arab language is spoken by about 370 Million people worldwide. With this free online Arabic language lesson, you will learn the Arabic language easily. There is no such thing as learning Arabic fa...
Lesson 1 to Lesson 10 of Learn Arabic (Jordan) for beginners (Classical Arabic is the formal language in Jordan) Visit languagebeat.com for information about these free languagebeat.com lessons. At languagebeat.com you can also find where to download the Learn Arabic (Jordan) lesson manual that can be used to accompany these free audio lessons.
The 10 Arabic verb forms(الأوزان العشرة) in (Jordanian Levantine) Arabic introduced by Prof. Nizar Alseoudi at Peace Corps/Jordan office. These forms are the same in the Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), but their usages are simplified in the spoken dialects of Arabic. Levantine Arabic is one of the major dialects of Arabic, known as 'shaami' [ʃaami]. It is spoken in countries like Jordan and Syria. Each country has its variety. There are few differences among different countries' sub-dialects, mainly in the pronunciation and some lexical items. However they are well intelligible with each other.
Speech from the Throne By His Majesty King Abdullah II in Opening the First Ordinary Session of the 17th Parliament Amman, Jordan 3 November 2013
Get more Amman travel tips, things to do, where to stay, and delicious food here: http://migrationology.com/travel-guides/amman-jordan/ On Day 4 of our trip to Jordan, we started off in Amman where we had a wonderful simple and local style breakfast of manakish, which are rounds of dough which are flattened, topped with simple things like zaatar and cheese, and baked in an oven. We then took a day trip to As-Salt or also just known as Salt, a historical city about a 45 minute drive from the center of Amman. The highlight of the day for me was the giant shish kebab meat platter that we ate for lunch! 00:38 Manakish - Manakish is something you’ll eat a lot of when you visit the Levant and in Jordan it’s a very popular snack and meal. Manakish is a piece of rounded dough which is flattened ...
The Arab League Summit is scheduled to convene for its opening and first session in Amman, Jordan, on Wednesday, March 29. The opening session will be addressed by, among others, King Abdullah II of Jordan, Arab League Secretary General Ahmed Aboul Gheit, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini. The 28th Ordinary Summit of the Arab League Council is taking place in the Jordanian capital between March 23-29, gathering leaders of its 22 member states and several high level international figures. Video on Demand: http://www.ruptly.tv Contact: cd@ruptly.tv Twitter: http://twitter.com/Ruptly Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Ruptly
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Get more Amman travel tips, things to do, where to stay, and delicious food here: http://migrationology.com/travel-guides/amman-jordan/ On Day 3 of our trip to Jordan we stayed in Amman, and did lots of the major attractions in Amman, including the historical sites. We also explored downtown Amman, went to the local market, and at some more incredibly good food. Below is everything we did during this packed day of sightseeing in Amman. 1:10 - Shams El Balad Cafe - For breakfast we went to Shams El Balad Cafe, a very nice restaurant and cafe that specializes in local Jordanian food with a fresh and healthy, and also organic twist to it. The place itself is very nice, and sits on a hill overlooking the main downtown area of Amman. We ordered a variety of different food, including some mana...
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