According to number of native speakers, Arabic ranks sixth among world's top languages. As the language of the Qur'an, the holy scripture of Islam, Arabic is widely used and studied by muslims all over the world. It is spoken in the following countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. In addition to countries listed above, Arabic is an official language in: Comoros, Chad, Djibouti and Eritrea.

Arabic may refer to literary Arabic, which is called Fus-ha in Arabic. Arabic may also refer to the many dialects spoken throughout the Arab world. Written language is fairly consistent throughout the Arab world and has changed very little over the centuries. It is the basis from which regional dialects are derived. Colloquial or dialectal Arabic refers to the regional dialects spoken in everyday language across the Middle East and North Africa. Classical Arabic is used nowadays in media including almost all written material such as books as well as television and radio. While Colloquial Arabic is used in informal spoken media such as chat shows and soaps.

Arabic dialects are generally classified into the following groups:

Dialects of the Arabian Peninsula and Iraq

Dialects of the Levant; Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria

Dialects of Egypt and Sudan

Dialects of Algeria, Libya and Tunisia

Moroccan dialect

Almost all Arabs understand each other's dialect no matter how different the dialects are. The most obvious exception is the understanding of Moroccan dialect by non-Moroccans. Speakers usually revert to more formal type of speech similar to classical Arabic in order to overcome such difficulties.

Facts about Arabic Language

Arabic language is spoken by more than 200 million people mainly in the Middle East and North Africa

Arabic is the official language of 22 countries from Morocco and Algeria in the west to Arabic peninsula in the east.

Arabic is one of the six official languages of the United Nations

Arabic ranks among world's top ten languages

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