- Arabic is the official language of over 20 countries.
- It is the mother tongue of over 300 million people.
- Arabic is understood by more than 1.2 billion people across the world.
- It is the language of Islam and it is the language of the Holy Quran.
- It is one of the six most spoken languages in the World.
- It is one of the six official languages of the United Nations.
There are three different types of Arabic – Quranic Arabic, Local Dialects and MSA which stands for Modern
Standards Arabic and now let’s talk more about these three different types of Arabic.
- Quranic Arabic – It is the Arabic used to write the Quran, the holy book of Muslims.
- The dialects are the most informal type of Arabic and we have for example North African Dialect, Egyptian
Dialect and Gulf Dialect.
- Modern Standard Arabic is the most widely used and understood form of Arabic in the world.
- The Arabic Alphabet contains 28 letters.
Now, It’s the fun part. You may think you don’t speak Arabic but actually you do. Here is the short list of some
English word with Arabic origin.
Algebra Al – jebr
Coffee Qahwah
Cotton Qutn
Gazelle Ghaza:l
Giraffe Zara:fa
Jar Jarrah
Jasmine Ya:sim:n
Lemon Laymu:n
Sugar Sukkar
Amr Elassal
