King Salman Global Academy releases Riyadh List of 5,000 common Arabic words

The King Salman Global Academy for the Arabic Language has unveiled the Riyadh List, a comprehensive compilation of 5,000 of the most commonly used words in modern Arabic. This valuable resource aims to serve various purposes within linguistic research, education, artificial intelligence, and Arabic language processing. The list is based on an extensive linguistic corpus consisting of around 1.75 billion words sourced from diverse materials such as newspapers, books, academic theses, and more.

Abdullah bin Saleh Al-Washmi, the Secretary-General of the Academy, highlighted the significance of this initiative, stating that it fosters data-driven studies and applications centered around the Arabic language. The Riyadh List presents words in their lemma form (dictionary form), along with extensive linguistic details including parts of speech, word roots, semantic fields, synonyms, antonyms, and classification by origin.

The list is accessible both interactively and in digital format, offering researchers and specialists valuable quantitative insights into word frequency in contemporary Arabic texts. This information aids in various applications, such as dictionary compilation, vocabulary selection, content development for teaching Arabic, and studies on word distribution and characteristics.

The King Salman Global Academy for the Arabic Language continues to advance the availability of linguistic resources and data through its ongoing programs and initiatives.