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[[Image:Arabic speaking world.png|thumb|right|*Green=Official language<br>*Blue=One of several official languages]]
[[Image:Arabic speaking world.png|thumb|right|*Green=Official language<br>*Blue=One of several official languages]]
'''Arabic''' ('''اللغة العربية''' "''al-luġatu l-ʿarabiyyah'', or simply '''عربي''' "''arabī''") is a [[Semetic]] language spoken by some 270 million people worldwide. Having it's origins in [[Saudi Arabia]], Arabic is closely related to [[Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]].<ref>http://arabworld.nitle.org/texts.php?module_id=1&reading_id=17</ref> <ref>http://lang.arabe.free.fr/index_uk.php</ref>
'''Arabic''' ('''اللغة العربية''' "''al-luġatu l-ʿarabiyyah'', or simply '''عربي''' "''arabī''") is a [[Semetic]] language spoken by some 270 million people worldwide. Having it's origins in [[Saudi Arabia]], Arabic is closely related to [[Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic]].
Arabic is a [[macrolanguage]], made up of 27 dialects. Arabic is also the liturgical language of [[Islam]].
Arabic is a [[macrolanguage]], made up of 27 dialects. Arabic is also the liturgical language of [[Islam]].
The Arabic alphabet includes ''ʼalif'', ''bāʼ'', ''tāʼ'', '''''ṯ'''āʼ'', ''ǧīm'', ''ḥāʼ'', ''ḫāʼ'', ''dāl'', ''ḏāl'', ''rāʼ'', ''zāī'', ''sīn'', ''šīn'', ''ṣād'', ''ḍād'', ''ṭāʼ'', ''ẓāʼ'', ''ʿayn'', ''ġayn'', ''fāʼ'', ''qāf'', ''kāf'', ''lām'', ''mīm'', ''nūn'', ''hāʼ'', ''wāw'', and ''yāʼ''.
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