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Arabic (Arabic:), that is, the language of Arabs, belongs to the Semitic family, and Arabic users account for 6% of the world population. The Arabic alphabet, written from right to left, is mainly used in West Asia and North Africa, and is now the official language of 18 Arab countries and 4 international organizations. There are more than 261 million people who speak Arabic as their mother tongue. The total number of Arabic speakers in the world has exceeded 441 million. There are many Arabic dialects with great differences.

Arabic is the mother tongue of the Arab nation. During the hundreds of years in the Middle Ages, Arabic was once one of the languages used in the academic culture of the whole Middle East and the western civilized world.

Arabic originated from an ancient language, Semitic, and formed a unified Arabic literary language on the basis of northern dialects around the 5th century. With the rise and expansion of the Arab Empire in the 7th century, this language soon became the lingua franca of all ethnic groups in the vast area from the Indus River in the east, Gibraltar in the west, North Africa in the south and Caspian Sea in the north. In the Middle Ages of Europe, it was a medium language to preserve Greek culture and communicate with eastern and western cultures.

resources Baidu encyclopedia: Arabic.