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How to say “Hello” in Arabic dialects
“Hello” changes from one Arabic dialect to the next: salaam in Morocco, marhaba in Lebanon, hala in Saudi Arabia, salam in Algeria.
| Dialect | Say it | Arabic |
|---|---|---|
| 🇲🇦 Moroccan Arabic | salaam | سلام |
| 🇩🇿 Algerian Arabic | salam | سلام |
| 🇹🇳 Tunisian Arabic | 3aslema | عسلامة |
| 🇱🇾 Libyan Arabic | hala | هلا |
| 🇱🇧 Lebanese Arabic | marhaba | مرحبا |
| 🇯🇴 Jordanian Arabic | marhaba | مرحبا |
| 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabic | hala | هلا |
| 🇦🇪 Emirati Arabic | marhaba | مرحبا |
| 🇮🇶 Iraqi Arabic | hala | هلو |
Arabic often changes with who you are talking to. These are the forms taught in each Lahja course. In the spelling, 3 is the letter ayn, 7 is a breathy h, 2 is a glottal stop, 5 is kh and 9 is qaf.
There is no single Arabic word for most everyday things. Modern Standard Arabic has its own formal version, but in conversation people use their local dialect. Lahja teaches each dialect as its own course, so you learn the version people around you really say.
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