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Featured Stories
New Software Detects up to 25 Arabic Dialects
This public online interface visually identifies dialects of 25 different Arab cities, from Rabat to Muscat, along with Modern Standard Arabic.
Lost in Machine Translation
Computers are not good at translating Arabic. Here's why and how NYU Abu Dhabi is working on solutions.
In the News
NYU Abu Dhabi science researchers and faculty are frequently featured in local and international media.
From code to conversation: Can AI teach robots Arabic?
Computational language expert Nizar Habash discusses the prospects and challenges of building Arabic-language artificial intelligence systems and why an over-reliance on AI can prove to be dangerous.
Khaleej Times | February 20, 2024
NYU Abu Dhabi launches Palestinian dialect resource Maknuune
The free online tool contains more than 36,000 entries, with users encouraged to add their own.
The National | February 17, 2023
NYU Abu Dhabi launches open lexicon for Palestinian Arabic dialect
NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) has released Maknuune, a large and open lexicon dedicated to documenting the Palestinian Arabic dialect through a comprehensive methodology.
Emirates News Agency | February 15, 2023
UAE researchers develop unique Arabic thesaurus
The interface provides a novel way to search Arabic words, their related forms and English equivalents.
Khaleej Times | January 23, 2021
How do you say 'Hey Siri' in spoken Arabic? NYUAD lab is working on Gulf dialects to find the answer
A NYUAD database of Arabic words has paved the way for predictive text, speech recognition and speech synthesis in Gulf Arabic.
The National | June 01, 2020
Programmers at NYUAD to release Gulf Arabic text prediction software
Get ready for Siri to speak Arabic? A team of programmers at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) will release text prediction software for Gulf Arabic this year.
Enterprise | June 02, 2020