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About Arabic

Native name
العربية
ISO code
ISO 639-1: ar · ISO 639-3: ara
Language family
Afro-Asiatic › Semitic
Script
Arabic
Native speakers
380 million
Second-language speakers
270 million
Official language in
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Chad, EH
Also spoken in
Eritrea, Israel
Official language Also spoken

Arabic is official in more than 20 countries and one of the six official languages of the United Nations. Modern Standard Arabic is used in writing and the media, while everyday speech varies strongly by region (e.g. Egyptian, Levantine, Maghrebi). It is written from right to left.

Source: Wikipedia / Ethnologue, 2025