Arabic
type: Language
comment: Arabic ( or ) is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD. This includes both the literary language (Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and radio broadcasts) and the spoken Arabic varieties, spoken in a wide arc of territory stretching across the Middle East and North Africa. Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages, and also related to the South Semitic languages (e.g., Amharic in Ethiopia, Tigrinya in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Mehri in Yemen and Oman) and the extinct East Semitic languages (e.g., Akkadian, first attested nearly 5,000 years ago). The written language is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions.
label: Bahsa Arab
label: Arabies
label: Àlabì
label: ܠܫܢܐ ܥܪܒܝܐ
label: Arabik
label: ዐርቢኛ
label: ዓረብኛ
label: Arabisc sprǣc
label: العربية
label: لغة عربية
label: Idioma arabe
label: لغه عربى
label: Kiarabu
label: Árabe
label: árabe
label: Ərəb dili
label: Ərəbcə
label: larabukan
label: Hɔp u arâb
label: Arabe
label: Арабская мова
label: арабская
label: Ichi Arab
label: আরবি ভাষা
label: আরবী
label: Hiharabu
label: Bahasa Arap
label: ཨ་རབ་སྐད།
label: арапски
label: Arapski jezik
label: arapski
label: Arabeg unvan
label: arabeg
label: अरबी
label: Арабски език
label: арабски
label: Àrab
label: àrab
label: Inarabigo
label: Arabština
label: arabština
label: Oruharabu
label: Jarboyn mott
label: Аравьскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ
label: Арап чĕлхи
label: زمانی عەرەبی
label: 阿拉伯文
label: Arabek
label: Lingua àraba
label: Arap tili
broader: sem
has member: ازب
has member: استدانة
has member: بالغ
has member: بخار
has member: جذري
has member: حرام
has member: حقيبة سفر
has member: خراب
has member: ذهبي
has member: شغف
has member: شقيق
has member: شمال
has member: صدام
has member: مقبر
has member: ن ظ م
has member: نساء
has member: هذر
has member: http://lexvo.org/id/term/ara/%D9%88
has member: يرقان الضفادع
has member: organic chemistry
is focus of: ara
iso6392 b code: ara
iso6392 t code: ara
iso639 P1 code: ar
iso639 P3 p code: ara
marc code: ara
pref label: Arabic