Arabic Language اللغة العربية

Arabic language اللغة العربية al lugatu-l-arabiyyah or just عربي arabi ranks sixth in the world's league table of languages and is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. Classified as Central Semitic it is closely related to Aramic ,with an estimated 186 million native speakers. As the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, it is also widely used throughout the Muslim world.Classical Arabic – the language of the Qur'an was originally the dialect of Mecca in what is now Saudi Arabia. An adapted form of Classical Arabic known as Modern Standard Arabic, is used in books, newspapers, on television and radio, in the mosques, and in conversation between educated Arabs from different countries .There are many local spoken dialects that vary widely throughout the Middle East. Arabic is written from right to left and it`s alphabets consist of 28 consonants and 3 vowels which can be short or long and some of the sounds are unique to Arabic only.Arabic has lent many words to other languages of the Islamic world, akin to the role Latin has in Western European languages . The influence of Arabic has been most profound in those countries dominated by Islam and is a major source of vocabulary for languages as diverse as Berber, Kurdish,Farsi,Swahili,Urdu,Turkish and Bahasa.During the Middle Ages Arabic was also a major vehicle of culture, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy, with the result that many European languages have also borrowed numerous words from it, many English words are derived from Arabic, often through other European languages, especially Spanish and Italian.