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What Arabic Dialect should you learn?

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First off, if you know that you want to go to a specific country or region, that should make your decision for you. Going to Lebanon with Libyan Arabic is a good way to make sure that you are chronically misunderstood. In some cases, such as Morocco or Egypt, it is also important to check what region of the country you are going to. A Tangier Dialect in Agadir or a Cairene Dialect in Hurghada is probably not going to be as effective as you may wish.

If you want to be able to visit a wide-variety of Arabic-speaking countries, you might want to try learning a Levantine Dialect like Palestinian, Jordanian, or Lebanese. If you want to watch Arabic-language television you may wish to learn Egyptian. Additionally, Egyptian is commonly known throughout the Arabic World because of television, but note that you may have a lot of one-way conversations because it is difficult to learn other dialects from an "Egyptian base".

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