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Arabic
العربية al-‘arabiyyah
al-‘Arabiyyah in written Arabic (Naskh script):
Pronunciation: /alˌʕaraˈbijja/
Spoken in: Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian territories, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen as one of the official languages; Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Turkey by the local Arab minorities; it is also the liturgical language of Islam.
Total speakers: Estimates of native speakers between 186 and 422 million and as many as 246 million non-native speakers [1].
Ranking: 2 [2] to 6[3] (native speakers)
Language family: Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Arabic
Writing system: Arabic alphabet
Official status
Official language in: Official language of 25 countries, the third most after English and French[5]
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