Arabic language
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Arabic (اللغة العربية "al-luġatu l-ʿarabiyyah, or simply عربي "arabī") is a Semetic language spoken by some 270 million people worldwide. Having it's origins in Saudi Arabia, Arabic is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic.[1] [2]
Arabic is a macrolanguage, made up of 27 dialects. Arabic is also the liturgical language of Islam.