Parallel Arabic.
One app for reading, listening, drilling and speaking a spoken Arabic dialect.
- Dialects
- 4
- Lesson levels
- A1–C2
Foundation
start from zero
Lessons
Learn Arabic with structured lessons, from A1 - C2
Use structured lessons or create your own
Read & look up
meet real Arabic
Short Stories
Read short stories in arabic alongside the english translation and transliteration of the text
Dialect Comparison
Compare how a word or phrase is said across different Arabic dialects side by side
On demand definitions
Tap any word to see its definition, transliteration, and example usage
Save words straight to your review deck
Practice
produce it yourself
Tutor
Practice speaking with an AI tutor
Get real-time grammar feedback, and use practice situations to improve your speaking skills
Writing Practice
Practice arabic sentences with instant feedback in one of three modes
Writing: Type out Arabic sentences using a custom virtual Arabic keyboard, or your device's native keyboard.
Matching: Drag and drop Arabic words into the correct order to form a sentence.
Tracing: Same as writing, but with the letters laid out for you
Speaking
Practice speaking generated Arabic sentences with instant pronunciation feedback
Retain
make it stick
Spaced Repetition System
Spaced repetition for your saved words
Import Words
Bring your own words and import them into the app to learn them in context
Paste text or upload .csv files
Vocabulary Table
Keep track of all of your saved words in a table, and then easily import when creating lessons, stories, and practice exercises to learn them in context; not in isolation
From learners
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After only a day, I love Parallel Arabic. As a language teacher — I teach French at a huge public high school in Southern California — and an absolute language nut who speaks seven other languages besides Arabic, I can tell how much thought went into this.
Wow this is perfect for what I need currently. The stories section in particular is a great idea as I can't find any graded stories for practice. Thank you so much for this :)
This is great! As someone outgrowing Duolingo this is perfect.
I love it! This is something I have been searching for ages :) thank you so much
Have tried many of the 'apps' and this is the closest one to doing what I want! Very useful and comprehensive app, everything's very useful — I love the interlinear format for the stories.
Even though I'm a beginner, your AI is the best I've tried among all the apps! The others are always weird in their answers and pronounce the words weirdly.
Stories UI is really good! The large, readable font, easy switching of transliteration and English, and interactive click-to-define are all really excellent.
I really like the website and find it very useful. For me it's better than a lot of other platforms — it's well thought out and has a lot of features.
Questions
the ones we get most
Pick a dialect. Start today.
Free to start, and you can switch dialects whenever you like.