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60 pointsby adangityesterday at 4:24 PM12 commentsview on HN

Sharing a friends first-ever Rails application, dedicated to Arabic learning, from 0 to 1. Pulls language learning methods from Anki, comprehensible input and more.


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gramieyesterday at 6:53 PM

For a different method of learning Arabic (or several other languages), check out https://www.languagetransfer.org. It teaches Egyptian Arabic, explaining that the entire region knows this dialect because Egypt is the TV and movie hub of the Arabic world.

It's all audio (MP3s or streaming) and completely free, and (IMHO) the best language learning system out there. I have used it to learn Spanish, my sixth language and can't recommend it highly enough.

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xeromalyesterday at 6:17 PM

Arabic language learning resources are few and far between. Thank you for building this. Do you know which Arabic this teaches? Koranic? Modern Standard? Levantine? Gulf?

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qarthandycyesterday at 6:05 PM

It doesn't make any sound when I click the speaker icon. What's wrong with this?

Raed667yesterday at 6:45 PM

Saw a couple of words that (as far as I know) aren't "modern standard Arabic" is there any bias towards a dialect or another?

junaid_97yesterday at 7:39 PM

Nice work.

As others mentioned, I couldn't hear the sound.

There is a dire need for a good quality arabic learning app.

cess11yesterday at 6:29 PM

Are the vocalisations of the letters synthetic?

Edit: If I wasn't acquainted with arabic script I'd probably not be able to make out the difference in vocalisation between some letters.

eegG0Dyesterday at 6:36 PM

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