Language in Arabic – An Introduction

Language in Arabic is one of the most spoken languages of the world, and written Arabic has existed for more than 12 centuries. Language in Arabic is the national language of most of the North African countries and those in the Arabian Peninsula. It is estimated that about 186-422 million people speak Arabic as a native language.


Language in Arabic is an extremely important language in the Muslim world because the Holy Quran is written in Arabic. The different dialects are influenced largely by languages which were previously spoken in the region.

There are about fourteen different dialects and language in Arabic derivatives. These include, Egyptian Arabic, Maghrebi Arabic which is spoken in Morocco and Algeria, Levantine Arabic, Iraqi Arabic and Gulf Arabic.

Other varieties include Hassaniya spoke in western Saharan countries, Najdi Arabic, Hijazi Arabic and so on. Maltese is a separate language in Arabic which is very similar to Tunisian Arabic but it is the only Semitic language derivative that uses the Latin alphabets.

The letters ‘p’ and ‘v’ from the English alphabets do not have Arabic counterparts and in foreign words that contain these letters and are spelt in Arabic, they are replaced with a baa’ and a , faa. Arabic grammar and syntax follows an intricate science that has existed since 8th century AD. 


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