Arabic (العربية al-ʻarabīyah [alʕaraˈbijja] or عربي/عربى ʻarabī [ˈʕarabiː] ) is a name for what are traditionally considered the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century. This includes both the literary language and varieties of Arabic spoken in a wide arc of territory stretching across the Western Asia (aka the Middle East) North Africa and East Africa (aka the Horn of Africa).
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ISO 639-1 code
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ISO 639-2 code
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ISO 639-3 code
ara
family
Semitic languages, Central Semitic languages, Arabic languages
spoken in
Chad, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Arab League, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Iraq, Syria, Egypt
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