Arabic Algerian Dialect

[SamyBen]

Use this template to request a new localizable language that is currently not available on Pontoon.

Note: This issue only applies to the web interface language - in order to activate language contributions on Common Voice you will also need to ensure 5,000+ sentences are available to be read in that language. Please refer to the full Language documentation for more details.

Language name
Arabic Algerian Dialect

Language code
Please provide the ISO-639-1 code

Language size
60 000 000

Plural forms
How would you translate the following in this language?

0 rocks : بلا حجر
1 rock : حجرة وحدة
2 rocks : زوج حجرات
3 rocks : تلت حجرات
4 rocks : ربع حجرات
5 rocks : خمس حجرات
10 rocks : عشر حجرات
20 rocks : عشرين حجرة
100 rocks : مية حجرة
1000 rocks : ألف حجرة
I see 0 rocks on the ground : ما راني نشوف حتى حجرة في اللرض
I see 1 rock on the ground : راني نشوف حجرة وحدة في اللرض
I see 10 rocks on the ground : راني نشوف عشر حجرات في اللرض
I see rocks on the ground : راني نشوف لحجر في اللرض

Pontoon manager
https://pontoon.mozilla.org/contributors/oyfGFjRaKPNNVmjtTlhNE-BQPNk/

Language Script
Arabic Algerian Dialect

[ftyers]

Hi @SamyBen ! Welcome to Common Voice and thanks for your interest. We do not currently have a way of adding Arabic dialects, but there are a lot of discussions in the community about it. You can check out for example the following GitHub issues:

• Moroccan
• Tunisian

And the following discussions on Discourse:

• https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/moroccan-arabic-localization-request/82757
• https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/add-different-arabic-varieties-dialects/58763
• https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/building-an-arabic-dataset-for-common-voice/29728/8
• https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/arabic-dataset-and-variants/50602

It would be great to get a discussion going with people representing the different variants of Arabic as to what is the best way of supporting variation. I think the right place for that discussion is Discourse.

[Heyhillary]

Hey @SamyBen ,

I'm messgaing to follow up on your request. You might be intrested to learn about how we are considering including variants of langauges for 2022. Please read this blog to learn more: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/how-we-are-making-common-voice-even-more-linguistically-inclusive/

[Heyhillary]

Hey @SamyBen

I'm messaging to reach out to you due to your contribution and feedback on the localisation of Arabic on Common Voice.

We want to make the platform more linguistically inclusive and would like to include variants on our platform. I wanted to reach out to all of you as your insights and views would be really valuable in shaping what variants are chosen for Arabic on our platform.

In addition, as Arabic is a macrolanguage, we could discuss the way forward for Arabic inclusion on the platform. To have this discussion, I would like to invite you to join a element room to facilitate the discussion. Once we have all connected, we could possibly have a zoom call if the group wants this.

All the best,

Hillary