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Arabic

Semitic language and lingua franca of the Arab world
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Summary

Arabic is a language[1]. Arabic ranks in the top 0.089% of language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (40,235 views/month, #5 of 5,611).[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: Egypt[3], Algeria[4], Sudan[5], Iraq[6], Morocco[7], Saudi Arabia[8], Yemen[9], Syria[10], Tunisia[11], Somalia[12], Chad[13], United Arab Emirates[14], Jordan[15], Eritrea[16]
  • Instance of: macrolanguage[17], modern language[18], human language[19], literary language[20], standard language[21], natural language[22]
  • Subclass of: Semitic[23]
  • Writing system: Arabic script[24], Arabic alphabet[25], Arabic Braille[26]
  • Commons category: Arabic language[27]
  • Wikimedia language code: ar[28]
  • Has part(s): Modern Standard Arabic[29], Hassaniya Arabic[30], Moroccan Arabic[31], Algerian Saharan Arabic[32], Algerian Arabic[33], Tunisian Arabic[34], Libyan Arabic[35], Egyptian Arabic[36], Bedawi Arabic[37], Saʽidi Arabic[38], Shuwa[39], Sudanese Arabic[40]

Why It Matters

Arabic has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[41] Arabic is known by 73 alternative names across languages and contexts.[42]

Arabic has been cited as an influence by English[43], a natural language[44], in American Samoa[45]; Indonesian[46], a language[47], in Indonesia[48]; Swahili[49], a macrolanguage[50], in Tanzania[51]; and Globasa[52], an international auxiliary language[53], founded in 2019[54].

FAQs

Who did Arabic influence?

Arabic has been cited as an influence by English[43], Indonesian[46], Swahili[49], and Globasa[52].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Ethnologue. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISO 639-2. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Archaeology & Language. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [49] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [52] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [44] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [47] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [48] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [50] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [51] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [53] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [54] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [41] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [42] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Isocat id → 555
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Isocat id: 555, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/7326490|Arabic (#7326490)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/125|ISOCAT]] #mix'n'match"
  2. 15d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-10-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ab', 'abstract', 'ace', 'ady', 'af', 'als', 'am', 'an', 'ang', 'anp', 'ar', 'a
    Harper's tag → arabic-language, arabic
    Sitelink count → 310
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: arabic, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909476|arabic (#289909476)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'mat"
  3. 10w ago · ARABCREATOR7 · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Indigenous to → Arabian Peninsula
    Has grammatical mood → imperative, subjunctive, jussive
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Indigenous to: Arabian Peninsula"
  4. 11w ago · Penguin112358 · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Linguistic typology → subject–verb–object, verb–subject–object, nominative–accusative language +6
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Linguistic typology: zero copula"
  5. 11w ago · Profesorul Blazat · 2026-08-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'арабский'}, {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'ərəbcə'}, {'lang': 'ar', 'text': 'العربية'} +7
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Short name: arabă"
  6. 12w ago · DeltaBot bot · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14691 → ara
    Edition or translation of → World Intellectual Property Report 2024 :
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Edition or translation of: World Intellectual Property Report 2024 :, adding inverse claim"
  7. 12w ago · JhowieNitnek · 2026-07-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → place Antonin-Poncet
    Openstreetmap key → name:ar
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ P14692: Q1535"
  8. 15w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 1Heayi
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  9. 15w ago · ARABCREATOR7 · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Language regulatory body → Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo, Arab Academy of Damascus, Supreme Council of the Arabic language in Algeria +8
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Language regulatory body: King Salman Global Academy for Arabic Language"
  10. 19w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002964-arabstina
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002964-arabstina, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  11. 20w ago · LadyData · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imdb interest id → in0000213
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Imdb interest id: in0000213, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/265224498|Arabic (#265224498)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6416|IMDb interest ID]] #mi"
  12. 22w ago · Trivialist · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → arabic-language, arabic
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: arabic-language, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289909477|arabic language (#289909477)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper'"
  13. 22w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Interlingual index id → i73365
    Uk parliament thesaurus id → 419225, 419227
    Arabic ontology lexical concept id → 151037869
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|10 */ Yso id: 14417, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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