Looking for an arabic alphabet song
January 20, 2013 9 Comments
The alphabet song is one of the first things we teach children in preparation for reading. So there should be an alphabet song in Arabic, right? Wrong. There are many alphabet songs in Arabic. Here’s what happens when you try to find them on the internet.
At Bilinguish we are interested in languages and language learning. Some of our readers are polyglots and language teachers, some are just beginning to learn a new language, and some are somewhere in between. This year, one of our contributors is starting to learn Arabic from a “true beginner” level, posting about her successes and frustrations along the way, to see how far she gets in a year’s time.
For the story on how this journey began:
- How to learn to speak Arabic in just one year (The idea that started everything)
- My first Arabic lesson EVER (Everyone has to start somewhere)
- Learning the Arabic alphabet (Musings on learning a new alphabet as an adult)
Here are the alphabet songs referenced in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUiPAeOSDH4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV5YZ3noYkk
Amazing video with mid-1990′s style graphics featuring letters doing everyday tasks such as painting, baking bread, and trimming a man’s mustache.
Bonus:
An amazing talking-fruit song:
And the alphabet explanation site that gives the letters and a word to go with each one:
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A couple more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LPDQwveCnQ (not really a song but slow!)
http://www.funwitharabic.com/song.htm (This is the classic song that we all grew up with!)
I love the Sesame Street version.
Is there a particular tune that native Arabic speakers learn as children? Or does it depend on the country?
Not sure about the rest of the Arab world, but as an Egyptian (in my 7th decade!) this is the original song (and video) I grew up with
Someone has made a more modern version (posted above). It’s sung in Egyptian dialect…
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The singer is Syrian BTW but singing in Egyptian dialect as it’s traditionally been the main dialect used in songs/films/TV soaps etc.
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