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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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Tunisian Academy of Sciences, Letters and Arts (Beit al-Hikma)

Academy for sciences, letters and arts whose work includes the Arabic language, translation, and editing and publishing heritage texts.

Tunisia · Carthage

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Algerian Academy of the Arabic Language

Presidency of the Republic of Algeria

Develops Arabic as a language of science and technology and oversees the al-Dhakhira al-Arabiya computerised corpus project.

Algeria · Algiers

 Language academy

Iraqi Academy of Sciences

Council of Ministers of Iraq

A language and scholarly academy for the soundness of Arabic and the setting of terminology, with Kurdish and Syriac sections.

Iraq · Baghdad

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Jordan Academy of Arabic

Prime Ministry of Jordan

Safeguards Arabic, sets and Arabises terminology, holds an annual conference and oversees the Arabic Language Protection Law.

Jordan · Amman

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Sudanese Arabic Language Academy (Khartoum)

A language academy concerned with Arabisation and the soundness of Arabic in Sudan, holding symposia on it.

Sudan · Khartoum

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Palestinian Arabic Language Academy

A language academy working on Arabising the sciences and proposing Arabic alternatives to common foreign terms; holds an annual conference.

Palestine · Gaza

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Libyan Academy of the Arabic Language

Libyan Council of Ministers

Safeguards the integrity of Arabic, studies and unifies scientific and technical terminology, and publishes research and decisions.

Libya · Tripoli

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Arabic Language Academy in Sharjah

Government of Sharjah

Language academy that supervised the Historical Dictionary of Arabic, supports Arab language academies and hosts their union, with a library and the Al-Lisan Al-Arabi Centre.

United Arab Emirates · Sharjah

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Arabic Language Academy in Cairo

Sets terminology, publishes general and specialised dictionaries, edits heritage texts and holds an annual conference on Arabic.

Egypt · Cairo

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Arab Academy of Damascus

The oldest Arabic language academy; safeguards Arabic, sets terminology, publishes dictionaries and edits heritage texts.

Syria · Damascus

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Arabic Language Academy on the World Wide Web (Makkah)

Online language academy offering linguistic rulings (fatawa), decisions and articles, and issuing a journal and publications on Arabic.

Saudi Arabia · Makkah

 Language academy Also teaches Arabic

King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language

Ministry of Culture

Language academy working on language planning and policy, computational linguistics, dictionaries and corpora, with conferences, books and reports on Arabic.

Saudi Arabia · Riyadh