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This study presents systems submitted by the University of Texas at Dallas, Center for Robust Speech Systems (UTD-CRSS) to the MGB-3 Arabic Dialect Identification (ADI) subtask. This task is defined to discriminate between five dialects of…

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The Arabic language is among the most popular languages in the world with a huge variety of dialects spoken in 22 countries. In this study, we address the problem of classifying 18 Arabic dialects of the QADI dataset of Arabic tweets. RNN…

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In this paper, we conduct an in-depth analysis of several key factors influencing the performance of Arabic Dialect Identification NADI'2023, with a specific focus on the first subtask involving country-level dialect identification. Our…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-12-19 Mohamed Lichouri , Khaled Lounnas , Aicha Zitouni , Houda Latrache , Rachida Djeradi

Despite its significance, Arabic, a linguistically rich and morphologically complex language, faces the challenge of being under-resourced. The scarcity of large annotated datasets hampers the development of accurate tools for subjectivity…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Slimane Bellaouar , Attia Nehar , Soumia Souffi , Mounia Bouameur

We present QADI, an automatically collected dataset of tweets belonging to a wide range of country-level Arabic dialects -covering 18 different countries in the Middle East and North Africa region. Our method for building this dataset…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-05-18 Ahmed Abdelali , Hamdy Mubarak , Younes Samih , Sabit Hassan , Kareem Darwish

We present the results and findings of the First Nuanced Arabic Dialect Identification Shared Task (NADI). This Shared Task includes two subtasks: country-level dialect identification (Subtask 1) and province-level sub-dialect…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2020-11-11 Muhammad Abdul-Mageed , Chiyu Zhang , Houda Bouamor , Nizar Habash

The Arabic language has undergone notable transformations over time, including the emergence of new vocabulary, the obsolescence of others, and shifts in word usage. This evolution is evident in the distinction between the classical and…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-23 Zainab Alhathloul , Irfan Ahmad

Dialectal Arabic is the primary spoken language used by native Arabic speakers in daily communication. The rise of social media platforms has notably expanded its use as a written language. However, Arabic dialects do not have standard…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Bashar Alhafni , Sarah Al-Towaity , Ziyad Fawzy , Fatema Nassar , Fadhl Eryani , Houda Bouamor , Nizar Habash

This paper proposes a Dialect Identification (DID) approach inspired by the Connectionist Temporal Classification (CTC) loss function as used in Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR). CTC-DID frames the dialect identification task as a…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Muhammad Umar Farooq , Oscar Saz

Arabic dialects form a diverse continuum, yet NLP models often treat them as discrete categories. Recent work addresses this issue by modeling dialectness as a continuous variable, notably through the Arabic Level of Dialectness (ALDi).…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Sanad Shaban , Nizar Habash

Automatic speech recognition (ASR) plays a vital role in enabling natural human-machine interaction across applications such as virtual assistants, industrial automation, customer support, and real-time transcription. However, developing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Mahmoud Salhab , Shameed Sait , Mohammad Abusheikh , Hasan Abusheikh

Arabic dialect recognition presents a significant challenge in speech technology due to the linguistic diversity of Arabic and the scarcity of large annotated datasets, particularly for underrepresented dialects. This research investigates…

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This paper describes Elyadata \& LIA's joint submission to the NADI multi-dialectal Arabic Speech Processing 2025. We participated in the Spoken Arabic Dialect Identification (ADI) and multi-dialectal Arabic ASR subtasks. Our submission…

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Discriminating between closely-related language varieties is considered a challenging and important task. This paper describes our submission to the DSL 2016 shared-task, which included two sub-tasks: one on discriminating similar languages…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2016-09-27 Yonatan Belinkov , James Glass

Arabic, with its rich diversity of dialects, remains significantly underrepresented in Large Language Models, particularly in dialectal variations. We address this gap by introducing seven synthetic datasets in dialects alongside Modern…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Basel Mousi , Nadir Durrani , Fatema Ahmad , Md. Arid Hasan , Maram Hasanain , Tameem Kabbani , Fahim Dalvi , Shammur Absar Chowdhury , Firoj Alam

In this paper, we describe a spoken Arabic dialect identification (ADI) model for Arabic that consistently outperforms previously published results on two benchmark datasets: ADI-5 and ADI-17. We explore two architectural variations: ResNet…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-10-24 Ajinkya Kulkarni , Hanan Aldarmaki

Dialect and standard language identification are crucial tasks for many Arabic natural language processing applications. In this paper, we present our deep learning-based system, submitted to the second NADI shared task for country-level…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-06-24 Abdellah El Mekki , Abdelkader El Mahdaouy , Kabil Essefar , Nabil El Mamoun , Ismail Berrada , Ahmed Khoumsi

Developing robust automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems for Arabic requires effective strategies to manage its diversity. Existing ASR systems mainly cover the modern standard Arabic (MSA) variety and few high-resource dialects, but…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Amirbek Djanibekov , Hawau Olamide Toyin , Raghad Alshalan , Abdullah Alitr , Hanan Aldarmaki

Arabic Sign Language (ArSL) is an essential communication method for individuals in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing community. However, existing recognition systems face significant challenges due to their reliance on single sensor approaches…

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