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6 days ago · Varieties of Arabic (or dialects or vernacular languages) are the linguistic systems that Arabic speakers speak natively. [2] Arabic is a Semitic language within the Afroasiatic family that originated in the Arabian Peninsula. There are considerable variations from region to region, with degrees of mutual intelligibility that are often related ...
- 373 million (2023)
- Arab world
5 days ago · Arab, one whose native language is Arabic. In modern usage, it embraces any of the Arabic-speaking peoples living in the vast region from Mauritania, on the Atlantic coast of Africa, to southwestern Iran, including the entire Maghrib of North Africa, Egypt and Sudan, the Arabian Peninsula, and Syria and Iraq.
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5 days ago · Millions of people in Morocco and Algeria natively speak a Berber language, as do smaller populations of Libya, Tunisia, northern Mali, western and northern Niger, northern Burkina Faso and Mauritania and the Siwa Oasis of Egypt. There are also likely a few million speakers of Berber languages in Western Europe.
- Afro-AsiaticBerber
May 5, 2024 · They include Arabic, Amharic, Aramaic, Hebrew, and numerous other ancient and modern languages. They are spoken by more than 330 million people across much of West Asia, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Malta, and in large immigrant and expatriate communities in North America, Europe, and Australasia.
- Afro-AsiaticSemitic
3 days ago · Arabic language, Semitic language spoken in a large area including North Africa, most of the Arabian Peninsula, and other parts of the Middle East. ( See also Afro-Asiatic languages .) Scholars have struggled to define Arabic as a language.
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Apr 27, 2024 · 13. Mauritania. Besides the official language of Arabic, Mauritania also recognizes several national languages including Pulaar, Soninke, and Wolof. Around 40% of the population is Haratin, 30% is ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Our survey of 2,000 UK adults was conducted in October 2024 and found that: Over a third (36%) of UK adults can speak more than one language fluently. This means that there are around 24.5 million bilingual adults in the UK. 17.5% are bilingual, so can fluently speak 2 languages. And 6.5% of people in the UK are multilingual, as they can speak ...
