Arabic

Arabic
العربية/عربي/عربىal-ʻarabiyyah/ʻarabī
al-ʿArabiyyahin written Arabic (Naskhscript)
Pronunciation	/al ʕarabijja/,/ʕarabiː/
Native tae	Majorities in the kintras o theArab League,minorities in neighborin kintras:Israel, Iran,Turkey,Eritrea, Mali,Niger,Chad, Senegal,Sooth Sudan,Ethiopie, Arabic-speakin communities in theWastren Warld
Native speakers	422 million (2008)
Leid faimily	Afro-Asiatic Semitic Central Semitic Arabic
Staundart forms	Modren Staundart Arabic
Dialects	Wastren (Maghrebi) Central(incl.Egyptian,Sudanese) Northren(incl.Levantine,Mesopotamie) Southren(incl.Gulf,Hejazi)
Writin seestem	Arabic Alpha bet Arabic Braille Syriac Alpha bet(Garshuni) Hebrew Alpha bet(Judaeo-Arabic)
Offeecial status
Offeecial leid in	Staundart Arabicis an offeecial leid o27 states,the third maist efter Inglis an French Leet Algerie Bahrain Comoros Chad Djibouti Egyp Eritrea Iraq Israel Jordan Kuwait Lebanon Libie Mauritanie Morocco Oman Palestine Qatar Saudi Arabie Somalie Somaliland Sudan Sirie Tunisie Unitit Arab Emirates SADR Yemen African Union Arab League Organisation o Islamic Cooperation Unitit Naitions
Regulatit bi	Leet Algerie:Supreme Cooncil o the Arabic leid in Algerie Egyp:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Cairo Iraq:Iraqi Academy o Sciences Jordan:Jordan Academy o Arabic Libie:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Jamahiriya Morocco:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Rabat Saudi Arabie:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Riyadh Somalie:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Mogadishu Sudan:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Khartoum Sirie:Arab Academy o Damascus(the auldest) Tunisie:Beit Al-Hikma Foondation Israel:Academy o the Arabic Leid in Israel
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)

ArabicorAraibic(العربيةal-ʻarabīyah[alʕaraˈbijja](listen)orعربي/عربىʻarabī[ˈʕarabiː](listen)) is the leid that is mainly uised throu oot the Arabic warld, theArab States,North Africaean theMids East,an it is the 5t maist spoken leid in the warld. It haes influenced ither leids an aw, mainly ither leids in theIslamic warld,but leids in airts whaur thare wis Arab rule, sic as theSpainish leid,thePortuguese leidan theSicilian leid.It is the offeecial leid o 25 kintras, the thrid maist efterInglisanFrench.