# How to make an AI video in Arabic, with Arabic narration and right-to-left captions

Canonical page: https://www.veedio.co/languages/arabic
Updated: 2026-10-30

To make an AI video in Arabic, set the video language to Arabic, write the script in Arabic script, and choose between Modern Standard Arabic, understood across the region, and a dialect, which feels local but has no fixed spelling. Keep each line short, avoid Latin words inside Arabic sentences so captions read cleanly right to left, add diacritics only where a word is ambiguous, and check the first export at full size.

Key facts:
- Arabic is one of 29 narration and caption languages in Veedio.
- All 20 catalog voices can narrate Arabic.
- Captions are word-timed to the narration and burned into the video in the script the narration uses.
- Image prompts stay in English behind the scenes, so the pictures are not affected by the script language.
- Hebrew, Persian and Urdu are not supported.

## First choice: الفصحى or a dialect

Modern Standard Arabic (الفصحى) is the written Arabic of news, books and documentaries. Viewers from Morocco to Oman understand it, which makes it the natural choice for stories, explainers, facts and children's content meant for the whole Arab world. Its spelling is standardised, so a voice reads it predictably.

Dialects (عامية) are what people actually speak: Egyptian, Gulf, Levantine, Iraqi, Maghrebi and more. A dialect script feels warmer and more local, and comedy and vlog-style content often sounds better in one. The cost is that dialect spelling varies from writer to writer, so the voice may misread a word. If you write in dialect, preview every scene.

A common compromise is "simple fuṣḥā": standard grammar, short sentences and everyday vocabulary, without heavy classical words. It sounds natural enough for social video and travels across countries.

## One phrase across dialects

Why dialect choice matters: the same everyday words differ a lot. Pick one column for a whole video.

| Meaning | Standard (فصحى) | Egyptian | Gulf | Levantine | Moroccan |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What do you want? | ماذا تريد؟ | عايز إيه؟ | وش تبي؟ | شو بدك؟ | أشنو بغيتي؟ |
| Now | الآن | دلوقتي | الحين | هلّق | دابا |

## Right-to-left captions: what to get right

- Keep Latin words out of Arabic sentences where you can. A brand or English word in the middle of a right-to-left line can make the word order look scrambled in a caption. Write it in Arabic letters, or rephrase.
- Use Arabic punctuation: the comma ، and the question mark ؟. They sit correctly at the left end of a right-to-left phrase.
- Choose your numerals once. Eastern Arabic digits (١٢٣) are common in Egypt, the Gulf and the Levant; Western digits (123) are standard in the Maghreb. Better still, write small numbers as words so voice and caption agree.
- Don't stretch words with the tatweel (ـــ) for decoration. It is not spoken, and it makes caption cues wider than they need to be.
- Caption styles described as uppercase have no effect on Arabic, which has no capital letters. Boxed and Bold keep joined letters and dots clear over busy pictures.
- Add diacritics (تشكيل) only to a word the voice misreads, not to the whole script. Fully vowelled text is harder to read quickly in a caption.

## Sample: a 30-second proverb Short, «مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ» (Modern Standard Arabic)

Runtime: about 30 seconds.

**Scene 1**
- Voiceover: «مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ» — مثلٌ نسمعه كثيرًا. لكن ماذا يعني حقًّا؟
- Visual: Watercolor: an old wooden door in a sunlit courtyard with the silhouette of a palm tree, warm golden morning light, soft paper texture.
- On screen: مَنْ جَدَّ وَجَدَ

**Scene 2**
- Voiceover: زرع فتى صغير نخلةً في طرف الحقل، وكان يسقيها كل صباح قبل المدرسة.
- Visual: Watercolor: a small boy with a school bag kneeling beside a tiny palm seedling at the edge of a green field, pouring water from a clay jug.

**Scene 3**
- Voiceover: ضحك أصحابه وقالوا: النخلة بطيئة، ولن تأكل منها شيئًا!
- Visual: Watercolor: three boys laughing and pointing at the small seedling, the first boy quietly continuing to water it, soft afternoon light.

**Scene 4**
- Voiceover: مرّت السنوات، وكبر الفتى، وكبرت النخلة معه، حتى امتلأت بالتمر.
- Visual: Watercolor: the same field years later, a tall palm heavy with golden-brown date clusters, the boy now a young man looking up, smiling.

**Scene 5**
- Voiceover: من جدّ وجد: جهدٌ صغير كل يوم يصنع شيئًا كبيرًا. ما المثل الذي تحبه؟ اكتبه في التعليقات.
- Visual: Watercolor: the young man sharing dates with the same friends under the palm's shade, everyone smiling, warm evening glow.
- On screen: ما مثلك المفضل؟

## English translation and notes

1. "Whoever strives, finds." A proverb we hear often. But what does it really mean? 2. A young boy planted a palm at the edge of the field and watered it every morning before school. 3. His friends laughed and said: palms are slow, you will never eat anything from it! 4. The years passed, the boy grew up, and the palm grew with him, until it was full of dates. 5. Whoever strives, finds: a small effort every day builds something big. Which proverb do you love? Write it in the comments.

Only the proverb itself carries full diacritics, because it is the line on screen and the one viewers will quote. The rest is plain standard Arabic with no Latin words, so every caption reads right to left without interruption. Five scenes with stills cost 13 credits; with AI motion, 68.

## Making your first Arabic video

1. **Set the language to Arabic** — Choose Arabic before generating. The idea can be typed in Arabic or English; the script is written in Arabic. Say "in Modern Standard Arabic" or "in Egyptian dialect" in the idea if you have a preference.
2. **Read the script aloud** — Shorten any sentence that needs a breath in the middle. Replace Latin-letter words with Arabic ones. Check that the register is the same in every scene.
3. **Pick a voice by mood** — Every voice speaks Arabic. Brian or Adam for deep documentary narration, George for stories, Matilda or Alice for explainers, Lily for a cinematic female voice. Listen to one scene in two voices before you choose.
4. **Choose style and captions** — Watercolor or Cinematic for proverbs and stories, Documentary for facts, 3D render for children. Boxed or Bold captions for Arabic script.
5. **Check the first export at full size** — Watch it once on a phone: letters joined, words in the right order, punctuation on the left end of each line, no stray Latin. Fix anything in the script and regenerate that scene.
6. **Publish and label** — Publish to TikTok, Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts from the app. For Snapchat, which many Gulf viewers use, export the 9:16 file and upload it there. Label realistic AI scenes where each platform asks you to.

## Arabic formats and where to go next

| Format | Who watches | Starting settings | Guide |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Folk story or fable | Parents looking for kids' tales | Watercolor, voice George, 60–90s | /languages/arabic/story-video |
| هل تعلم fact Short | Fact-channel viewers | Documentary, voice Daniel or Matilda, 30s | /languages/arabic/youtube-shorts |
| Proverb or wisdom Short | People who share wisdom and quotes | Watercolor, voice Brian, 30s | Sample on this page |

## FAQ

### Is there a free Arabic AI video generator?

With a Veedio account and no card you can make a 4-second watermarked preview of an idea; it cannot be downloaded. Full Arabic videos need a paid plan, from Starter at $19/mo, with a 7-day money-back guarantee on the first payment.

### Which dialect does the Arabic voice speak?

The voice reads the Arabic you write. Standard Arabic is read most predictably. Dialect text is read too, but because dialect spelling is not fixed, preview each scene and respell any word it gets wrong.

### Do Arabic captions display right to left?

Captions are burned in from the Arabic narration text. Watch your first export through once at full size to confirm the letters join and each line reads correctly, especially if a line contains numbers or a foreign word.

### Should I add full tashkeel to my script?

No. Add diacritics only where a word is ambiguous or the voice mispronounces it, and on a proverb or title you want shown perfectly. Full vowelling makes captions slower to read.

### Can I paste an Arabic article and get a video?

Yes. Veedio reads URLs, including articles, and turns them into a script. Set the language to Arabic so the script, narration and captions come out in Arabic.

### Can I make the same video in Arabic and English?

Yes. Generate it in Arabic, then again with the language set to English. Use the same visual style so the two versions look like a pair across your accounts.

## Sources

- [TikTok Support: AI-generated content](https://support.tiktok.com/en/using-tiktok/creating-videos/ai-generated-content) (checked 2026-10-30)

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