Modern Standard Arabic

the standardized and literary variety of Arabic used in writing and in most formal speech
Intangible standard_language Q56467
Modern Standard Arabic
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Modern Standard Arabic

Summary

Modern Standard Arabic is a standard language[1]. It draws 1,461 Wikipedia views per month (standard_language category, ranking #2 of 10).[2]

Key Facts

  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Algeria[3].
  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Bahrain[4].
  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Chad[5].
  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Comoros[6].
  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Djibouti[7].
  • Modern Standard Arabic is in the country of Egypt[8].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's image is recorded as Arabic albayancalligraphy.svg[9].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's instance of is recorded as standard language[10].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's instance of is recorded as language[11].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's instance of is recorded as modern language[12].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's subclass of is recorded as Standard Arabic[13].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's writing system is recorded as Arabic script[14].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 25, 'lon': 42}[15].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025rvv7[16].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Curlie ID is recorded as Science/Social_Sciences/Linguistics/Languages/Natural/Afro-Asiatic/Arabic[17].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300451090[18].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'unit': 'Q38526', 'amount': '+335'}[19].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Linguist List code is recorded as arb-mod[20].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Linguasphere code is recorded as 12-AAC-ab[21].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's WALS lect code is recorded as ams[22].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'MSA'}[23].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'fr', 'text': 'la langue arabe'}[24].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's linguistic typology is recorded as verb–subject–object[25].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's linguistic typology is recorded as fusional language[26].
  • Modern Standard Arabic's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2778243841[27].

Why It Matters

Modern Standard Arabic draws 1,461 Wikipedia views per month (standard_language category, ranking #2 of 10).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
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  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [8] . scriptsource.org. Retrieved . scriptsource.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Ethnologue. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wals.info. wals.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . ethnologue.com. ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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