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Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. Funded by New York University Abu Dhabi, this mass digitization project aims to expose up to 15,000 volumes from NYU and partner institutions over a period of five years. NYU and the partner institutions are contributing all types of material-literature, business, science, and more-from their Arabic language collections. ACO will provide digital access to printed books drawn from rich Arabic collections of prominent libraries.

An Egyptian Arabic dictionary A Levantine Arabic dictionary, including words from the Lebanese, Syrian, and Palestinian dialects A Classical Arabic or Fusha Dictionary Search feathers: Arabic-English by root Arabic-English by word English-Arabic This site is an effort to show Arabic as a living language by allowing users to search in both a Classical Arabic dictionary and a dialect dictionary at the same time.

Learn Arabic has short, free lessons on basic Arabic grammar and vocabulary. While the transliteration system from Arabic words to English pronunciation is not the best, each vocab list features recorded audio of the word.

A free online course with featuring six units with full audio dialogues and accompanying activities. Users gain exposure to reading and speaking Arabic. This resources also introduces users to Arab culture. This is good practice for anyone who needs some extra help speaking the language.

Course by Lovisa Berg, Dalarna University visit www.du.se/arabic for more information. Watch more on youtube.com/dalarnauniversity or download for free on itunes.du.se On successful completion of the course, students will be able to:· recognize, write and correctly pronounce the Arabic alphabet as well as understand the diacritic marks (al-harakaat) that affect the pronunciation of certain vowels and consonants · acquire a basic vocabulary · understand and ask simple questions · communicate in Arabic about simple familiar subjects · use greetings· introduce themselves: family and background, interests · read short texts and write simple texts about familiar topics · recognize simple grammatical constructions and use them.

Virtual Arabic keyboard. Use this keyboard to type, then copy and paste Arabic text wherever you need it.

This site features resources useful for the study of Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Colloquial Arabic. Available are vocabulary lists, grammar lessons, and information about the development of Arabic.

Video clips of students from the Arabic Flagship Program at University of Texas at Austin share their experiences while studying abroad in Alexandria, Egypt. Students give interviews in various levels of Arabic proficiency.

The project of Arabic Learner Corpus (ALC) aims to provide a collection of written and spoken materials produced by learners of Arabic in Saudi Arabia.

An online keyboard for typing Arabic script

Type in Latin characters that are tranliterated into Arabic.

Podcasts of Arabic Language lessons about a variety of subjects, all available for free download through iTunes.

This source has a collection of free grammar guide, vocabulary lists, and likes to content in Arabic. 

A handy guide for beginners who are just learning the sounds of the Arabic alphabet.

Listening exercise where students with different levels of language study interview in Arabic. Videos require Quicktime to play.

Interactive website that teaches the Arabic alphabet, including writing.

Learn the Arabic alphabet, including sounds, and play a matching game using it. Integrates culture as well.

Arabic spell checker

This article highlights unique attributes of Arabic that make it such a fun language to study. 

List of resources for learning Arabic.