[HELP NEEDED] - a survey about Arabizi and its variation across the Arab world

[Amr Keleg]

هذه دعوة للمشاركة في استطلاعنا الذي يستمر حتى التاسع من يوليو/تموز والمتعلق بالأرابيزي (يشار إليها أحيانًا باسم أرابيش أو فرانكو أراب): https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy

نحن مهتمون بفهم الاختلافات في الأرابيزي عبر البلدان العربية المختلفة حيث تبحث هذه الدراسة في تأثير لهجة المتحدث على الأرابيزي. تم تقسيم الاستطلاع (متاح باللغة العربية والانجليزية والفرنسية) إلى قسمين:
* الجزء الأول - استبيان سريع يُطلب فيه منك تحديد كيفية استخدامك ورأيك في الأرابيزي.
* الجزء الثاني - دراسة كيفية كتابة بعض الكلمات في الأرابيزي.

الفريق البحثي:
عمرو قلج – جامعة إدنبرة
أحمد أمين – باحث مستقل
طه ياسين – باحث مستقل
إيمان ڨليل – جامعة إدنبرة
شادي حلوة – كاوست
نجمة أوسيدهم – جامعة كارديف

TLDR; We are kindly inviting you to participate in our survey—running till the 9th of July—related to Arabizi (sometimes referred to as Arabish or Franco-Arabic): https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy

We are interested in understanding variations in Arabizi across the different Arabic-speaking countries. This study investigates the impact that the speaker’s dialect has on Arabizi. The survey is split into 2 parts: (1) A quick questionnaire in which you will be asked about how you use and perceive Arabizi, and (2) follow-up questions on how you write words in Arabizi.

The research team: Amr Keleg – The University of Edinburgh

Ahmed Amine – Independent researcher

Taha Yassine – Independent researcher

Imane Guellil – The University of Edinburgh

Chadi Helwe – KAUST

Nedjma Ousidhoum – Cardiff University

Best Regards, Amr on behalf of the team

[Amr Keleg]

Salam all,

We are extremely happy about the positive feedback we received for the survey, and we are grateful to all the responses we got so far.

This is just a reminder that the survey (https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy) is running till the 9th of July, and we would appreciate if you take 10 minutes or so of your time to fill it 😀

The survey is split into 2 parts: (1) A quick questionnaire in which you will be asked about how you use and perceive Arabizi, and (2) follow-up questions on how you write words in Arabizi.

Any questions, comments, remarks are more than welcome.

Best Regards,

Amr in behalf of the team

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[Amr Keleg]

Dear SIGARAB members,

We again thank you for your valuable participation and contributions toward our survey. Thanks to the great discussions we received during ACL, we decided to reopen the survey for participation till the 31st of August. It should take you 10 minutes or less to complete the survey, and you do not need to complete the whole second part of the it. Survey's Link: https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy

Thanks again for your help, and feel free to spread the word to reach even more participants.

Best Regards,

Amr on behalf of the team.

[Amr Keleg]

Dear SIGARAB members,

Thanks to the fruitful discussions we had at hashtag#ACL2025NLP, we decided to extend our survey about the "usage of Arabizi in the Arab world" till the 31st of August!
The survey should take you less than 10 minutes to complete, and is available in Standard Arabic, English, and French.

Kindly find the survey through the following link: https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy

📢Feel free to share the survey with your circles!

Kind Regards,

Amr

On Monday, 23 June 2025 at 11:45:34 UTC+1 Amr Keleg wrote:

[Amr Keleg]

Salam all,

I promise this is the final reminder for our survey (open till the 31st of August): https://edinburghinformatics.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8p4s9K4Jrwypuuy

We really appreciate all the valuable responses we got so far, and would like to thank you all for your kind participation.

Best Regards,

Amr