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العَرَبِيَّة al-ʻarabiyyah | |
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al-ʿArabiyyah in written Arabic (Naskh script)
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Pronunciation | /ˈʕarabiː/, /alʕaraˈbijja/ |
Native to | Countries of the Arab League, minorities in neighboring countries and some parts of Asia, Africa, Europe |
Native speakers |
313 million (2018) |
Language family |
Afro-Asiatic
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Early form |
Proto-Arabic
Old Arabic Classical Arabic |
Standard forms |
Modern Standard Arabic
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Dialects |
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Writing system |
Arabic alphabet Arabic Braille Syriac alphabet (Garshuni) Hebrew alphabet (Judeo-Arabic languages) Greek alphabet (Cypriot Maronite Arabic) Latin script (Romanized Arabic alphabet, Lebanese Arabic, Hassaniya Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, Libyan Arabic, Tunisian Arabic) |
Signed forms |
Signed Arabic (national forms) |
Official status | |
Official language in |
Modern Standard Arabic is an official language of 27 states, the third most after English and French List
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Recognised minority language in |
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Regulated by |
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Language codes | |
ISO 639-1 |
ar
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ISO 639-2 |
ara
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ISO 639-3 |
ara – inclusive codeIndividual codes: arq – Algerian Arabicaao – Algerian Saharan Arabicbbz – Babalia Creole Arabicabv – Baharna Arabicshu – Chadian Arabicacy – Cypriot Arabicadf – Dhofari Arabicavl – Eastern Egyptian Bedawi Arabicarz – Egyptian Arabicafb – Gulf Arabicayh – Hadrami Arabicacw – Hijazi Arabicayl – Libyan Arabicacm – Mesopotamian Arabicary – Moroccan Arabicars – Najdi Arabicapc – North Levantine Arabicayp – North Mesopotamian Arabicacx – Omani Arabicaec – Saidi Arabicayn – Sanaani Arabicssh – Shihhi Arabicajp – South Levantine Arabicarb – Standard Arabicapd – Sudanese Arabicpga – Sudanese Creole Arabicacq – Taizzi-Adeni Arabicabh – Tajiki Arabicaeb – Tunisian Arabicauz – Uzbeki Arabic
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Glottolog |
arab1395
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Linguasphere |
12-AAC
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