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The "colloquial" spoken dialects of Arabic are learned at home and constitute the native languages of Arabic speakers. "Formal" Modern Standard Arabic is learned at school; although many speakers have a native-like command of the language, it is technically not the native language of any speakers.
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May 10, 2024 · Arabic language, a Semitic language spoken in areas including North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and other parts of the Middle East. The language of the Qur’an (the sacred book of Islam) is often considered the ideal archetype of Arabic’s many varieties, and the literary standard closely approaches that archetype.
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4 days ago · Arab, one whose native language is Arabic. (See also Arabic language.) Before the spread of Islam and, with it, the Arabic language, Arab referred to any of the largely nomadic Semitic inhabitants of the Arabian Peninsula.
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Arabic is a Semitic language that belongs to the Afroasiatic language family. The majority of scholars accept the " Arabian peninsula " has long been accepted as the original Urheimat (linguistic homeland) of the Semitic languages .
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Arabian religion, polytheistic beliefs and practices that existed in Arabia before the rise of Islam in the 7th century ce. Arabia is here understood in the broad sense of the term to include the confines of the Syrian Desert. The religion of Palmyra, which belongs to the Aramaic sphere, is excluded from this account.
Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively. Arabic is a Semitic language within the Afroasiatic family that originated in the Arabian Peninsula.
Introduction. © jacquesvandinteren–iStock Unreleased/Getty Images. The term Arab, in its most general application, refers to those who speak Arabic as their native language. Prior to the 7th century it referred to the inhabitants of Arabia, or the Arabian Peninsula.
