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Arabic language research centres

Bodies that do research on the Arabic language and its sciences: language academies, major dictionary projects, research centres and university units, research chairs, Arabic computational-linguistics labs, manuscript and critical-edition centres, and Arabization and terminology bodies — in the Arab world and beyond.

This directory is for research on Arabic. Programmes that teach Arabic to non-native speakers have their own: the Arabic programmes directory

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Oriental studies institute or centre

Société asiatique

Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres (host)

A general orientalist society publishing the Journal asiatique since 1822, holding monthly sessions and a library with oriental manuscripts; Arabic is one of its fields among many Asian ones.

France · Paris

Reviewed: November 2026 Oriental studies institute or centre

Département Études arabes, Inalco

Institut national des langues et civilisations orientales (Inalco)

Teaches Standard Arabic and Maghrebi and Eastern Arabic varieties, with their literature and linguistics, at BA and MA level; over 1,000 students and 80 teachers.

France · Paris

Reviewed: November 2026 Oriental studies institute or centre

Centre de recherches Moyen-Orient Méditerranée (CERMOM)

Inalco

Research unit on Middle Eastern literatures and languages, including Arabic linguistics and dialects such as Levantine.

France · Paris

Reviewed: November 2026 Oriental studies institute or centre

Institut de recherches et d'études sur les mondes arabes et musulmans (IREMAM)

CNRS & Aix-Marseille Université

Multidisciplinary institute with a research pole on Arabic linguistics, sociolinguistics and dialectology.

France · Aix-en-Provence

Reviewed: November 2026