Concept information
Preferred term
Type
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language
Definition
- 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.
Entry terms
- Arabic language
is focus of
ISO 639-2 Bibliographical code
- ara
ISO 639-2 Terminological code
- ara
ISO 639-1 code
- ar
ISO 639-3 code
- ara
In other languages
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Bahsa Arab
Achinese
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Arabic
Afar
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Arabies
Afrikaans
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Àlabì
Aghem
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Arabik
Akan
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Arabisht
Albanian
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Gjuha arabe
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ዐርቢኛ
Amharic
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ዓረብኛ
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العربية
Arabic
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لغة عربية
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Idioma arabe
Aragonese
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Արաբերեն
Armenian
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Arabo
Arpitan
-
árabe
Asturian
-
Árabe
-
Kiarabu
Asu
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Ərəbcə
Azerbaijani
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Ərəb dili
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riarab
Bafia
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larabukan
Bambara
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আরবী
Bangla
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আরবি ভাষা
-
Bahasa Arap
Banjar
-
Hɔp u arâb
Basaa
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arabiera
Basque
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Arabiera
-
арабская
Belarusian
-
Арабская мова
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Арабская мова
Belarusian (TARASK)
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Ichi Arab
Bemba
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Hiharabu
Bena
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ዐርቢኛ
Blin
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अरबी
Bodo
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арапски
Bosnian
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arabeg
Breton
-
Arabeg unvan
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арабски
Bulgarian
-
Арабски език
-
အာရေဗီ
Burmese
-
အာရပ်ဘာသာ
-
阿剌伯話
Cantonese
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àrab
Catalan
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Àrab
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Inarabigo
Cebuano
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Taεrabt
Central Atlas Tamazight
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زمانی عەرەبی
Central Kurdish
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Jarboyn mott
Chechen
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Oruharabu
Chiga
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阿拉伯语
Chinese
-
Аравьскъ ѩꙁꙑкъ
Church Slavic
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Арап чĕлхи
Chuvash
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Araabesch
Colognian
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Arabek
Cornish
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Lingua àraba
Corsican
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Arap tili
Crimean Turkish
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arapski
Croatian
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Arapski jezik
-
arabština
Czech
-
Arabština
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arabisk
Danish
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Arabisk
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ޢަރަބި
Divehi
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Arabisch
Dutch
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ཨེ་ར་བིཀ་ཁ
Dzongkha
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لغه عربى
Egyptian Arabic
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Kĩarabu
Embu
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araba
Esperanto
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Araba lingvo
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araabia
Estonian
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Araabia keel
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arabiagbe
Ewe
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Ǹkɔ́bɔ arábia
Ewondo
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Luenga árabi
Extremaduran
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arabiskt
Faroese
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Arábiskt mál
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Arbii bhasa
Fiji Hindi
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Arabic
Filipino
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Finnish
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Arabian kieli
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arabe
French
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Arabe
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arap
Friulian
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Aarabeere
Fulah
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Arab dili
Gagauz
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árabe
Galician
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Lingua árabe
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阿拉伯語
Gan Chinese
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Luwarabu
Ganda
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არაბული
Georgian
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არაბული ენა
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Arabisch
German
-
Arabische Sprache
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𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌱𐌹𐍃𐌺𐍃
Gothic
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Αραβικά
Greek
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Αραβική γλώσσα
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Áraveñe'ẽ
Guarani
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અરબી
Gujarati
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Kiarabu
Gusii
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Â-lâ-pak-ngî
Hakka Chinese
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Larabci
Hausa
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ʻAlapia
Hawaiian
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‘Ōlelo ‘Alapia
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ערבית
Hebrew
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अरबी
Hindi
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अरबी भाषा
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arab
Hungarian
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Arab nyelv
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arabíska
Icelandic
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Arabíska
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Arabiana linguo
Ido
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Arabiikị
Igbo
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Pagsasao nga Arabe
Iloko
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Arab
Indonesian
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Bahasa Arab
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arabe
Interlingua
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Lingua arabe
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ᐊᕋᕕ
Inuktitut
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Araibis
Irish
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An Araibis
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arabo
Italian
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Lingua araba
-
アラビア語
Japanese
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Basa Arab
Javanese
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arab
Jola-Fonyi
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Хьэрыпыбзэ
Kabardian
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arabi
Kabuverdianu
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Taɛrabt
Kabyle
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arabiamiusut
Kalaallisut
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Arabiamiutut
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kutitab Arabuk
Kalenjin
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Арабмудин келн
Kalmyk
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Kiarabu
Kamba
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ಅರೇಬಿಕ್
Kannada
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ಅರಬ್ಬೀ ಭಾಷೆ
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Араб тил
Karachay-Balkar
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Arab tili
Kara-Kalpak
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عربی
Kashmiri
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Араб
Kazakh
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Араб тілі
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អារ៉ាប់
Khmer
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ភាសាអារ៉ាប់
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Kĩarabu
Kikuyu
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Icyarabu
Kinyarwanda
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Араб кыв
Komi
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Араб кыв
Komi-Permyak
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Kilabu
Kongo
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아랍어
Korean
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Laaraw senni
Koyraboro Senni
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Laaraw senni
Koyra Chiini
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Zimanê erebî
Kurdish
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Kiɛl b'árabe
Kwasio
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арабча
Kyrgyz
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Араб тили
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Lingua arábiga
Ladino
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Kɨaráabu
Langi
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ອາຣັບ
Lao
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ພາສາອາຣັບ
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Lingua Arabica
Latin
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arābu
Latvian
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Arābu valoda
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Lengua àraba
Ligurian
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Arabisch
Limburgish
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lialabo
Lingala
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Liarabi
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L:阿拉伯語
Literary Chinese
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arabų
Lithuanian
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Arabų kalba
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Arab
Lombard
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Arabska rěc
Lower Sorbian
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Araabsche Spraak
Low German
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Arabi
Luba-Katanga
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Kiarabu
Luo
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Kiarabu
Luyia
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арапски
Macedonian
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Арапски јазик
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Kyiarabu
Machame
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Iarabu
Makhuwa-Meetto
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Chalabu
Makonde
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Arabo
Malagasy
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Fiteny arabo
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Bahasa Arab
Malay
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അറബി
Malayalam
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അറബി ഭാഷ
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Għarbi
Maltese
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Lingwa Għarbija
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Arabish
Manx
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Reo Ārapi
Maori
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अरबी
Marathi
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अरबी भाषा
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nkʉtʉ́k ɔ́ɔ̄ lmarabu
Masai
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عربی
Mazanderani
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Kĩarabu
Meru
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A-la-pek-gí
Min Nan Chinese
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Арабонь кяль
Moksha
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Араб хэл
Mongolian
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arab
Morisyen
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arabiya
Mundang
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Arabiǁî gowab
Nama
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Ásáí Bizaad
Navajo
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अरबी
Nepali
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अरबी भाषा
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अरबी भाषा
Newari
-
Alâbɛ
Ngomba
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arábagiella
Northern Sami
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Arábagiella
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isi-Alabhu
North Ndebele
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Arabisk
Norwegian
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arabisk
Norwegian Bokmål
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arabisk
Norwegian Nynorsk
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Arabisk
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Thok Jalabni
Nuer
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Chiarabu
Nyanja
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Oruharabu
Nyankole
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Arabi
Occitan
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ଆରବିକ୍
Odia
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Arabisc sprǣc
Old English
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Arabiffaa
Oromo
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араббаг
Ossetic
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Араббаг æвзаг
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عربي
Pashto
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عربي ژبه
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عربی
Persian
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زبان عربی
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Lenga aràbica
Piedmontese
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arabski
Polish
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Język arabski
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árabe
Portuguese
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Língua árabe
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ਅਰਬੀ
Punjabi
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ਅਰਬੀ ਭਾਸ਼ਾ
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Arabya simi
Quechua
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arabă
Romanian
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Limba arabă
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arab
Romansh
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Kiarabu
Rombo
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Icarabu
Rundi
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арабский
Russian
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Арабский язык
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Арабскый язык
Rusyn
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Kyiarabu
Rwa
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Араабтыы
Sakha
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Араб тыла
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Kiarabu
Samburu
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Arâbo
Sango
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Ishiyalabu
Sangu
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अरबी
Sanskrit
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Arabic
Scots
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Arabais
Scottish Gaelic
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árabe
Sena
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Arapski
Serbian
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Arapski jezik
Serbo-Croatian
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Kialabu
Shambala
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chiArabu
Shona
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Lingua àrabba
Sicilian
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Arabsko godka
Silesian
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අරාබි
Sinhala
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arabčina
Slovak
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Arabčina
-
arabščina
Slovenian
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Arabščina
-
Oluwarabu
Soga
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Carabi
Somali
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Se-arab
Southern Sotho
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árabe
Spanish
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Idioma árabe
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Basa Arab
Sundanese
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Kiarabu
Swahili
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Swedish
-
Arabiska
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Arabisch
Swiss German
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Arabische Sprache
Swiss German (France)
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ⵜⴰⵄⵔⴰⴱⵜ
Tachelhit
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Wikang Arabe
Tagalog
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Kiarabu
Taita
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Забони арабӣ
Tajik
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அரபு
Tamil
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அரபு மொழி
-
Laaraw senni
Tasawaq
-
Ğäräp tele
Tatar
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అరబిక్
Telugu
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అరబ్బీ భాష
-
Kiarabu
Teso
-
อาหรับ
Thai
-
ภาษาอาหรับ
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ཨ་རབ་སྐད།
Tibetan
-
ዐርቢኛ
Tigre
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ዓረበኛ
Tigrinya
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lea fakaʻalepea
Tongan
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Arabic
Tswana
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Arapça
Turkish
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Arap dili
Turkmen
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арабська
Ukrainian
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Арабська мова
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Arabšćina
Upper Sorbian
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عربی
Urdu
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عربی زبان
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ئەرەب تىلى
Uyghur
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ꕞꕌꖝ
Vai
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Tiếng Ả Rập
Vietnamese
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Araabia kiil
Võro
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Kyiarabu
Vunjo
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Arabe
Walloon
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Arabiš
Walser
-
Inarabo
Waray
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Arabeg
Welsh
-
Arabysk
Western Frisian
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ዐርቢኛ
Wolaytta
-
阿拉伯语
Wu Chinese
-
Isi-Arabic
Xhosa
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́pakas
Yangben
-
אראביש
Yiddish
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Èdè Arabiki
Yoruba
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Ède Lárúbáwá
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Laaraw senni
Zarma
-
isi-Alabhu
Zulu