Arabic or Araibic (العربية al-ʻarabīyah ( listen) or عربي/عربى ʻarabī ( listen)) is the leid that is mainly uised throu oot the Arabic warld, the Arab States, North Africae an the Mids East, an it is the 5t maist spoken leid in the warld.
It haes influenced ither leids an aw, mainly ither leids in the Islamic warld, but leids in airts whaur thare wis Arab rule, sic as the Spainish leid, the Portuguese leid an the Sicilian leid. It is the offeecial leid o 25 kintras, the thrid maist efter Inglis an French.
Arabic | |
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العربية/عربي/عربى al-ʻarabiyyah/ʻarabī | |
al-ʿArabiyyah in written Arabic (Naskh script) | |
Pronunciation | /al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabiː/ |
Native tae | Majorities in the kintras o the Arab League, minorities in neighborin kintras: Israel, Iran, Turkey, Eritrea, Mali, Niger, Chad, Senegal, Sooth Sudan, Ethiopie, Arabic-speakin communities in the Wastren Warld |
Native speakers | 422 million (2008) |
Afro-Asiatic
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Staundart forms | |
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Arabic alphabet Arabic Braille Syriac alphabet (Garshuni) Hebrew alphabet (Judaeo-Arabic) | |
Offeecial status | |
Offeecial leid in | Staundart Arabic is an offeecial leid o 27 states, the third maist efter Inglis an French Leet
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Regulatit bi | Leet
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Leid codes | |
ISO 639-1 | ar |
ISO 639-2 | ara |
ISO 639-3 | ara |
Dispersion of Arabic dialects | |
Uise o Arabic as the sole offeecial leid (green) an an offeecial leid (blue) |
Wiki Commons haes media relatit tae Arabic language. |
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