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Modern Standard Arabic

NameModern Standard Arabic
Nativename    
Pronunciation 
Imagesize150px
Imagecaption  in written Arabic (Naskh script)
RegionPrimarily in the Arab states of the Middle East and North Africa;
liturgical language of Islam.
FamilycolorAfro-Asiatic
Fam2Semitic
Fam3Central Semitic
Fam4Arabic
ScriptArabic alphabet
NationOfficial language of 26 states, the third most after English and FrenchAlgeria
Bahrain
Comoros
Chad
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Western Sahara
Yemen
African Union
Arab League
OIC
United Nations
AgencyAlgeria: Supreme Council of the Arabic language in Algeria
Egypt: Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
Iraq: Iraqi Academy of Sciences
Jordan: Jordan Academy of Arabic
Libya: Academy of the Arabic Language in Libya
Morocco: Academy of the Arabic Language in Rabat
Somalia: Academy of the Arabic Language in Mogadishu
Sudan: Academy of the Arabic Language in Khartoum
Syria: Arab Academy of Damascus (the oldest)
Tunisia: Beit Al-Hikma Foundation
Israel: Academy of the Arabic Language in Israel
Iso3arb
Linglistarb-mod
MapcaptionDistribution of Modern Standard Arabic as an official language in the Arab World.
The only official language (green); one of the official languages (blue).
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Modern Standard Arabic (MSA; "the most eloquent Arabic language"), Standard Arabic, or Literary Arabic is the standard and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech.

Most western scholars distinguish two standard ( ) varieties of the Arabic language: the Classical Arabic (CA) ( ) of the Qur'an and early Islamic (7th to 9th centuries) literature, and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) ( ), the standard language in use today. The modern standard language is based on the Classical language. Most Arabs consider the two varieties to be two registers of one language, although the two registers can be described in Arabic as (MSA) and (CA).


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