Arabic language
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Arabic (اللغة العربية "al-luġatu l-ʿarabiyyah, or simply عربي "arabī") is a Semitic language spoken by some 270 million people worldwide. Having its origins in Saudi Arabia, Arabic is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. It is written in the Arabic alphabet.
Arabic is a macrolanguage, made up of 27 dialects. Arabic is also the liturgical language of Islam.