Arabic Language & Arabic Translation

Information and resources on Arabic language & Arabic language translation. Arabic belongs to the Semitic branch of Afroasiatic languages and is the national language of about 175 million inhabitants of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Iraq. Outside these areas, it is spoken by Arabs living in Israel, and in some parts of sub-Saharan Africa, North and South America, and Soviet Central Asia. Since it is the language of the Koran, some limited knowledge of it exists throughout the Muslim world. All Arabs have as their mother tongue some local variety of Arabic. These vernaculars differ markedly so that, for example, Moroccan Arabic is virtually unintelligible in Iraq. Below are links that provide information about the Arabic languages.