README.md

metadata

dataset_info:
  features:
    - name: arabic
      dtype: string
    - name: arabizi
      dtype: string
  splits:
    - name: train
      num_bytes: 23030.057736720555
      num_examples: 389
    - name: test
      num_bytes: 2604.942263279446
      num_examples: 44
  download_size: 16955
  dataset_size: 25635
configs:
  - config_name: default
    data_files:
      - split: train
        path: data/train-*
      - split: test
        path: data/test-*
license: cc-by-4.0
language:
  - ar
task_categories:
  - translation
tags:
  - arabizi
  - transliteration
  - levantine
  - lebanese
  - dialectal-arabic
pretty_name: Arabic to Arabizi (Levantine)
size_categories:
  - n<1K

Arabic to Arabizi (Levantine)

A small parallel dataset of short, everyday Levantine (Lebanese) Arabic sentences written in Arabic script, each paired with an Arabizi (Latin-script) transliteration.

Dataset structure

Split	Rows
train	389
test	44
Total	433

Each row has two fields:

• arabic: the sentence in Arabic script
• arabizi: the same sentence in Arabizi

Example:

arabic	arabizi
شو عم تعمل؟	sho 3m t3ml?
رحت عالبحر مع العيلة.	rht 3albhr m3 al3yla.

Transliteration conventions

• 3 = ع
• 2 = ء / أ (hamza)
• sh = ش, kh = خ, gh = غ
• h is used for both ح and ه (7 is not used)
• q = ق
• Short vowels are mostly omitted; long vowels are written (a, y/i, ou/o)

How the data was created

The Arabic sentences and their Arabizi transliterations were generated with OpenAI's GPT-4, then reviewed by the author.

Intended uses

Training or evaluating Arabic ↔ Arabizi transliteration, input methods and keyboards, and dialect-aware NLP.

Limitations

• Small size (433 pairs); short, conversational sentences only.
• Lebanese/Levantine dialect only; not representative of other dialects or Modern Standard Arabic.
• Reflects one Arabizi spelling style. Real-world Arabizi varies a lot between writers (e.g. 7 for ح, 5 for خ, more written vowels).

License

This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. You may use, share and adapt it, including commercially, as long as you give appropriate credit.

Citation

If you use this dataset, please credit:

akhanafer, "Arabic to Arabizi (Levantine)", Hugging Face, 2026.
https://huggingface.co/datasets/akhanafer/arabic-to-arabizi