January 27, 2026

Nova-3 Model Update

🌐 Nova-3 Now Supports Arabic and all major Arabic dialects

We’re excited to announce the release of the Nova-3 Arabic monolingual model, which now brings industry-leading speech-to-text support for Arabic and its major dialects!

Nova-3 Arabic supports the following dialects and language codes:

  • Arabic (General) (ar)
  • Dialects supported:
    • United Arab Emirates Arabic (ar-AE)
    • Saudi Arabian Arabic (ar-SA)
    • Qatari Arabic (ar-QA)
    • Kuwaiti Arabic (ar-KW)
    • Syrian Arabic (ar-SY)
    • Lebanese Arabic (ar-LB)
    • Palestinian Arabic (ar-PS)
    • Jordanian Arabic (ar-JO)
    • Egyptian Arabic (ar-EG)
    • Sudanese Arabic (ar-SD)
    • Chadian Arabic (ar-TD)
    • Moroccan Arabic (ar-MA)
    • Algerian Arabic (ar-DZ)
    • Tunisian Arabic (ar-TN)
    • Iraqi Arabic (ar-IQ)
    • Iranian Arabic (ar-IR)

This expansion empowers developers and businesses to build more inclusive, regionally-tailored voice applications for Arabic-speaking users across the globe.

Learn more about Nova-3 on the Models and Language Overview page.