R0027/2026-03-26/Q002/SRC02

Research	R0027 — Multilingual prompt engineering challenges
Run	2026-03-26
Query	Q002
Search	S01
Result	S01-R03
Source	SRC02

Kmainasi et al. — Arabic structural challenges in prompting

Source

Field	Value
Title	Native vs Non-Native Language Prompting: A Comparative Analysis
Publisher	arXiv
Author(s)	Mohamed Bayan Kmainasi et al.
Date	2024-09
URL	https://arxiv.org/html/2409.07054v1
Type	Research paper

Summary

Dimension	Rating
Reliability	Medium-High
Relevance	Medium-High
Bias: Missing data	Low risk
Bias: Measurement	Low risk
Bias: Selective reporting	Low risk
Bias: Randomization	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: Protocol deviation	N/A — not an RCT
Bias: COI/Funding	Low risk

Rationale

Dimension	Rationale
Reliability	197 experiments with controlled comparison. Multi-institution team.
Relevance	Demonstrates Arabic-specific structural challenges (morphological complexity, root system) affecting prompt compliance.
Bias flags	Arabic-only study; findings specific to one language family.

Evidence Extracts

Evidence ID	Summary
SRC02-E01	Arabic morphological complexity causes even Arabic-centric models to perform better with English prompts