King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language, ALECSO Launch Unified Arabic Terminology Dictionary Platform
The King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language (KSGAAL), in partnership with the Arab League Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (ALECSO), launched the Unified Arabic Terminology Dictionary platform during the 28th regular session of the ALECSO General Conference, held in Muscat, Oman.
The session saw the adoption of resolutions concerning two projects submitted by Saudi Arabia and implemented by the academy in cooperation with ALECSO and in coordination with the Saudi National Commission for Education, Culture and Science.
The launch coincides with Saudi Arabia’s presidency of the ALECSO Executive Council and comes within the framework of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed to strengthen joint Arab action and develop linguistic, knowledge-based, and digital resources.
The dictionary platform aims to address the fragmentation of terminology dictionaries across multiple publications and different structures, which has made it difficult to search their contents collectively or link them to digital applications. To address this, data from these dictionaries has been restructured in accordance with international standards, enabling instant searches across all their contents through a single interface. Application programming interfaces (APIs) have also been developed to connect the unified dictionary with external systems.
The conference also adopted the “Language Policy System in Arab Countries” project, which is intended to serve as an Arab reference supporting research, planning, and linguistic policymaking. The project includes data, studies, and reports documenting the state of linguistic policies in Arab countries and analyzing their impact.
The ALECSO General Conference commended Saudi Arabia’s efforts to serve the Arabic language and strengthen its regional and international presence. It also praised KSGAAL’s contributions to developing linguistic policies, indicators, and standards; building databases, corpora, dictionaries, and Arabic language processing tools; and harnessing scientific and technological capabilities to support joint projects.
The conference also commended Saudi Arabia, represented by KSGAAL, for implementing the two projects and supporting joint Arab efforts in the field of Arabic language. It called on linguistic, scientific, and academic institutions in Arab countries to benefit from the projects’ outcomes, contribute to enriching their content, update their data, and strengthen cooperation with the academy in related fields.
The launch of the platform and the adoption of the two project decisions mark a continuation of KSGAAL’s efforts to build strategic partnerships, develop digital language solutions, and strengthen integration among institutions concerned with the Arabic language. These efforts reinforce Saudi Arabia’s contribution to supporting joint Arab initiatives and providing scientific and knowledge-based references that serve the Arabic language and keep pace with its development.
