# 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](/guides/models-and-languages-models-languages-overview) page.

## Related pages

- [Amazon SageMaker](./amazon-sagemaker-index.md)
- [Aura](./aura-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Custom Vocabulary](./custom-vocabulary-index.md)
- [Deepgram's Docs](../index.md)
- [Deployment](./deployment-index.md)
- [Docker/Podman](./docker-podman-index.md)
- [Features](./features-index.md)
- [Flux TTS](./flux-tts-index.md)
- [Formatting](./formatting-index.md)

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