Arabic Learning Resources > Levantine Arabic Resources
Levantine Arabic is the variety of Arabic spoken in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and Jordan. There are over 30 million people speaking Levantine Arabic. People of the region use Levantine Arabic for daily spoken use and Modern Standard Arabic for writing.
View the tables below for resource to help you learn a specific variety of Levantine Arabic.
Jordanian Arabic
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Hakini Arabi: Palestinian and Jordanian Colloquial | A course centered around the spoken Arabic in Jordan and Palestine. |
| The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic: Jordan & Palestine | An excellent book with detailed definitions and sample sentences. Includes audio. |
| My American Neighbor | A Comedy TV show in the Jordanian dialect. |
| Spoken Arabic Dictionary, Diwan Baladna | An excellent resource for speaking Jordanian Dialect. You must be able to read Arabic to use this book |
| CGE Jordan Institute | A Youtube channel that teaches Arabic so you can get around in Jordan. Mainly focuses on spoken Arabic. |
| Live Lingua Jordanian | Excellent course that teaches Jordanian dialect |
| italki Arabic | Connect with Arabic tutors and practice your conversational skills. |
| Talk In Arabic | A service that teaches you how to speak in Arabic dialects. |
| Qasid Online | An online course centered around teaching Jordanian Arabic. The course consists of a structured plan with one on one conversations. |
| Roya TV | TV news channel in Jordanian dialect. Be sure to check out their comedy and drama channels on youtube. |
| Jordanian Sesame Street | Sesame street in the Jordanian dialect. |
| Female Show | A popular Comedy series in the Jordanian dialect. It is a little challenging for beginners but worth watching. |
Lebanese Arabic
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Lebanese Arabic Phrasebook | A Lebanese Arabic phrasebook with fun games and exercises to solidify your understanding of the dialect. |
| Conversational Arabic Quick and Easy | A great book for conversations in the Lebanese dialect. This book does not contain Arabic letters though. |
| Shou fi ma fi? | A book explaining the Lebanese and Syrian dialect with audio samples. |
Learn Lebanese Arabic with Hiba Najem | Youtube channel teaching spoken Lebanese Arabic. |
| italki Arabic | Connect with Arabic tutors and practice your conversational skills. |
| Talk In Arabic | A service that teaches you how to speak in Arabic dialects. |
| Living Arabic | Online dictionary for Lebanese Arabic. Offers mobile apps. |
| Colloquial Arabic (Levantine) | A course for Lebanese Arabic. All Arabic words are written in English. |
Palestinian Arabic
| Resources | Description |
|---|---|
| The 101 Most Used Verbs in Spoken Arabic: Jordan & Palestine | An excellent book with detailed definitions and sample sentences. Includes audio. |
| Colloquial Palestinian Arabic | Excellent book to learn Palestinian Arabic. The book assumes you have a firm understanding of Fusha. |
| Hakini Arabi: Palestinian and Jordanian Colloquial | A course centered around the spoken Arabic in Jordan and Palestine. |
| Live Lingua Levantine | Based on Palestinians living in Lebanon. Courses from Defense Institute and Foreign Service Institute that include an eBook and accompanying audio. |
| Learn Arabic with Maha | A youtube channel that teaches Palestinian Arabic |
| italki Arabic | Connect with Arabic tutors and practice your conversational skills. |
| Speaking Arabic: A Course in Conversational Eastern Arabic | A full, complete course designed for self studying the language. You learn over 2500 vocabulary words. It is quite pricey but comes with 4 books and 5 audio CDs. We highly recommend this course. Definitely check second hand resources to find it significantly cheaper. The only downside is that the book uses transliterations rather than Arabic script. |
| Talk In Arabic | A service that teaches you how to speak in Arabic dialects |
| Palestinian History | Website contains oral history of Palestinians. You can find many videos in the Palestinian dialect. |
| The Olive Tree Dictionary: A Transliterated Dictionary | An excellent dictionary to help you learn Palestinian Arabic. |
Syrian Arabic
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Shou fi ma fi? | A book explaining the Lebanese and Syrian dialect with audio samples. |
| Syrian Mango Languages | Course that focuses on conversations in Syrian Dialect. |
| Live Lingua Syrian | Based on Syrian dialect. Courses from Defense Institute and Foreign Service Institute that include an eBook and accompanying audio. |
| Pimsleur Eastern Arabic | Conversational practice with spaced repetition technique of listening and repeating audio. Based on Syrian Arabic. |
| italki Arabic | Connect with Arabic tutors and practice your conversational skills. |
| Talk In Arabic | A service that teaches you how to speak in Arabic dialects. |
| Living Arabic | Online dictionary for Syrian Arabic. Offers mobile apps. |
| Playaling | A free service that allows you to view videos of people speaking Arabic. You can filter by difficulty. |
| SyrianArabic.com | A website dedicated to teaching Syrian Arabic |
| A Dictionary of Syrian Arabic | Excellent dictionary to help you learn Syrian Arabic |