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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by nbvkkiauhvcr on Thursday October 25, 2018 @08:40AM (#18300408)
Even though there are many dialects, nobody will misunderstand you. And, beyond that, it’s easy for everyone to shift to using a more formal Arabic in order to communicate with you.
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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by kkarakk on Thursday October 25, 2018 @09:28AM (#18300718)
yes but you are judged based on the dialect you speak, i have experienced cases where i wasn't taken seriously by businessmen coz i spoke a turkish variant of arabic in saudi arabia
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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by Cyph0n on Thursday October 25, 2018 @10:55AM (#18301339)
True, but North African dialects in general are not understood at all by Middle Easterners. Further, some of the Gulf dialects (e.g., Iraqi, Omani, Yemeni) can be hard to understand.
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