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The Arabic world spans an area that is one and a half times the area of the United States (roughly 14 million square kilometers). The population in the Arabic world is about 300 million. With such number of people and vast area, one would expect that there is a differences in Arabic language spoken in different parts of the Arabic world. This is true regarding the local dialects spoken in the streets. Standard Arabic is spoken all over the Arabic world and it is the standard language in mass media and newspapers. I will try to provide some brief words that can be used in common situations without imposing real difficulty in pronunciation for non-Arabic speakers. Emphasis is placed on using standard Arabic words rather than a local dialect, although many dialects have the same words but with a different pace of pronunciation.

Arabic alphabet spans letters from the bottommost part of the throat to the lips. This poses some difficulties for speakers of other languages, especially English speakers. Another difficulty English speakers might encounter is that Arabic language is number and gender specific. The way you address a female is different than the way a male is addressed. Also the way you address a single person is different than pair and different than three or more. The following words are the most commonly used with emphasis on single person words. The masculine form is given and where possible the feminine form is put between parenthesis.

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