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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Language council

Union of Arab Language and Scientific Academies

Brings the Arab language academies together to coordinate and unify terminology, holding joint symposia and issuing reports.

Egypt · Cairo

Language council

High Council for the Arabic Language (Algeria)

Presidency of the Republic of Algeria

Monitors and promotes the use of Arabic in administration, education and science, and publishes translations, dictionaries and studies.

Algeria · Algiers

Language council

International Council for the Arabic Language

Independent international organisation that holds the annual International Conference on the Arabic Language and seminars, and publishes their proceedings.

Lebanon · Beirut

Language council

Council of the Arabic Tongue (Mauritania)

Serves Arabic in Mauritania through scholarly seminars and cooperation with language academies, including the Sharjah academy.

Mauritania · Nouakchott

Language council

Abu Dhabi Arabic Language Centre

Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi

Government Arabic language centre funding research grants, building the BAREC readability corpus and a digital lexicon, and running publishing programmes and awards.

United Arab Emirates · Abu Dhabi