Arabic
Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as al-ʿarabiyyatu l-fuṣḥā (اَلعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْفُصْحَىٰ "the eloquent Arabic") or simply al-fuṣḥā (اَلْفُصْحَىٰ).
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Properties
| Property | Expected Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Name | Text | Arabic |
| Nativename | Text | اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ (al-ʿarabiyyah) |
| States | Text | Arab world |
| Ethnicity | Text | Arabs, ethnic groups of the Arab world |
| Speakers | Text | varieties |
| Date | Text | 2020–2024 |
| Speakers2 | Text | L2 users, varieties |
| [Speakers Label](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Speakers Label) | Text | Speakers |
| Familycolor | Text | Afro-Asiatic |
| Fam2 | Text | Semitic |
| Fam3 | Text | West Semitic |
| Fam4 | Text | Central Semitic |
| Dia1 | Text | Central Asian |
| Dia2 | Text | Chadian |
| Dia3 | Text | Egyptian |
| Dia4 | Text | Levantine |
| Dia5 | Text | Maghrebi |
| Dia6 | Text | Mesopotamian |
| Dia7 | Text | Peninsular |
| Dia8 | Text | Saʽidi |
| Dia9 | Text | Shirvani |
| Dia10 | Text | Sudanese |
| Stand1 | Text | Modern Standard Arabic |
| Script | Text | Arabic alphabet |
| Nation | Text | 28 states and territories Algeria Bahrain Chad Comoros Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Iraq Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libya Mali Mauritania Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabia Somalia... |
| Minority | Text | Cyprus Israel Mali Niger Philippines Senegal South Africa |
| Agency | Text | *Algeria: Supreme Council of the Arabic language in Algeria *Egypt: Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo *Israel: Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel *Iraq: Iraqi Academy of Sciences *Jorda... |
| Iso1 | Text | ar |
| Iso2 | Text | ara |
| Iso3 | Text | ara |
| Lc1 | Text | arq |
| Ld1 | Text | Algerian Arabic |
| Lc2 | Text | xaa |
| Ld2 | Text | Andalusi Arabic |
| Lc3 | Text | abv |
| Ld3 | Text | Bahrani Arabic |
| Lc4 | Text | avl |
| Ld4 | Text | Bedawi Arabic |
| Lc5 | Text | shu |
| Ld5 | Text | Chadian Arabic |
| Lc6 | Text | acy |
| Ld6 | Text | Cypriot Arabic |
| Lc7 | Text | adf |
| Ld7 | Text | Dhofari Arabic |
| Lc8 | Text | arz |
| Ld8 | Text | Egyptian Arabic |
| Lc9 | Text | acm |
| Ld9 | Text | Gelet Iraqi Arabic |
| Lc10 | Text | afb |
| Ld10 | Text | Gulf Arabic |
| Lc11 | Text | ayh |
| Ld11 | Text | Hadhrami Arabic |
| Lc12 | Text | mey |
| Ld12 | Text | Hassaniya Arabic |
| Lc13 | Text | acw |
| Ld13 | Text | Hejazi Arabic |
| Lc14 | Text | apc |
| Ld14 | Text | Levantine Arabic |
| Lc15 | Text | ayl |
| Ld15 | Text | Libyan Arabic |
| Lc16 | Text | ary |
| Ld16 | Text | Moroccan Arabic |
| Lc17 | Text | ars |
| Ld17 | Text | Najdi Arabic |
| Lc18 | Text | acx |
| Ld18 | Text | Omani Arabic |
| Lc19 | Text | ayp |
| Ld19 | Text | Qeltu Iraqi Arabic |
| Lc20 | Text | aao |
| Ld20 | Text | Saharan Arabic |
| Lc21 | Text | aec |
| Ld21 | Text | Saʽidi Arabic |
| Lc22 | Text | ayn |
| Ld22 | Text | Sanʽani Arabic |
| Lc23 | Text | ssh |
| Ld23 | Text | Shihhi Arabic |
| Lc24 | Text | sqr |
| Ld24 | Text | Siculo-Arabic |
| Lc25 | Text | arb |
| Ld25 | Text | Standard Arabic |
| Lc26 | Text | apd |
| Ld26 | Text | Sudanese Arabic |
| Lc27 | Text | acq |
| Ld27 | Text | Taʽizzi-Adeni Arabic |
| Lc28 | Text | abh |
| Ld28 | Text | Tajiki Arabic |
| Lc29 | Text | aeb |
| Ld29 | Text | Tunisian Arabic |
| Lc30 | Text | auz |
| Ld30 | Text | Uzbeki Arabic |
| Lingua | Text | 12-AAC |
| Image | Text | Arabic albayancalligraphy.svg |
| Imagescale | Text | 0.7 |
| Imagecaption | Text | Naskh script |
| Notice | Text | IPA |
| Ancestor | Text | Proto-Afroasiatic |
| Ancestor2 | Text | Proto-Semitic |
| Ancestor3 | Text | Proto-Arabic |
| Ancestor4 | Text | Old Arabic |
| Ancestor5 | Text | Pre-classical Arabic |
| Glotto | Text | arab1395 |
| Glottorefname | Text | Arabic |
| Map | Text | Arabic speaking world.svg |
| Mapcaption | Text | {{legend|#088A4B|Sole official language, Arabic-speaking majority}} {{legend|#045FB4|Co-official language, Arabic-speaking majority}} {{legend|#5599ff|Co-official language, Arabic-speaking minority... |