1.6.5 the lack of reliable frequency lists of MSA

During the execution of the project I consulted several frequency lists of Modern Standard Arabic. First of all frequency lists are the dictionary maker's assurance that important (frequent) words are not left out of the dictionary.

The second reason for consulting frequency lists would be the need to use them as guideline to extend the macro structure of the dictionary.

The following frequency lists were available and consulted in a more or less intensive way:

	Fromm: Häufigkeitswörterbuch der modernen arabischen Zeitungssprache, Arabisch-Deutsch-Englisch
	Kouloughli, D.E.: Lexique fondamental de l'arabe standard moderne/Basic Lexicon of Modern Standard Arabic
	Sabuni, Abdulghafur: Wörterbuch des arabischen Grundwortschatzes
	qa'ima makka, Umm al Qura University, Mekka

I have added some pdf-scans of these frequency lists.

However, all these frequency lists cover only the first few thousands most frequent Arabic words. It seems rather obvious that additional frequency data in Arabic are needed, especially for the so called middle segment of the Arabic lexicon: in addition to the most frequent 3-4000 words as presented in the just mentioned frequency lists, we are very much in need of a list of 10, 15, 20 and 25.000 words. As concluded elsewhere on this site, with 24.000 words a coverage of over 99% of all texts in MSA is reached.