Arabik (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, al-ʿarabiyyah [al ʕaraˈbijːa] (lisin); عَرَبِيّ, ʿarabī [ˈʕarabiː] (lisin) ɔ [ʕaraˈbij]) (sɔntɛnde wi kin agyu se, di Arabik langwej dɛn) na wan Sɛmitik langwej we dɛn kin tɔk mɔ ɔlsay na di wɔl .[8 ] Bikɔs i bin kɔmɔt insay di 1st sɛntinari, dɛn gi am di nem to di Arab pipul dɛn; di wɔd "Arab" bin de yuz fɔs fɔ tɔk bɔt di wan dɛn we de liv na di Arabian Pɛninsula, lɛk aw pipul dɛn we de stɔdi bɔt di wɔl frɔm Gris trade bin si am.[9]
Frɔm di 7th sɛntinari, Arabik dɔn gɛt diglossia, wit wan ɔpɔzishɔn bitwin wan standad prestij langwej—i.e., Literary Arabic: Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) ɔ Classical Arabic[a]—ɛn difrɛn vernacular varieties, we de sav as mama langwej. [11] . di kכlokכyal dayalεkt dεm difrεn bכku frכm MSA, we de mek dεn nכ ebul fכ no dεn wan dεm.[12][13][14] MSA na tru fɔmal ɛdyukeshɔn nɔmɔ dɛn kin gɛt ɛn dɛn nɔ kin tɔk am nativ. Na di langwej we dɛn kin yuz fɔ rayt buk, ɔfishal dɔkyumɛnt dɛn, ɛn fɔmal raytin midia. We dɛn de tɔk, dɛn kin yuz MSA na fɔmal kɔntɛks, nyus bulɛtin ɛn fɔ pre.[15] Dis vεryut na di lingua franca fכ di Arab wכl εn di liturgical langwej fכ Islam.[16] Na ɔfishal langwej fɔ 26 stet ɛn 1 teritɔri we dɛn de agyu bɔt, di tɔd wan afta Inglish ɛn Frɛnch.[17] I de bak pan siks ɔfishal langwej dɛm na di Yunaytɛd Neshɔn.[18]
Spoken varieties na di usual medium fɔ kɔmyunikeshɔn na ɔl di ɔda domɛyn dɛm. Dɛn nɔ standad ɛn dɛn kin difrɛn bad bad wan, sɔm pan dɛn nɔ kin ɔndastand dɛnsɛf.[19] Di Intanɛshɔnal Ɔganayzeshɔn fɔ Stɛndadayzeshɔn de asaynd langwej kɔd to 33 difrɛn kayn Arabik, inklud MSA.[20][21] Arabik vernakular nɔ kɔmɔt frɔm MSA ɔ Klasik Arabik.[22][23] We dɛn put dɛn togɛda, di Arabik langwej dɛn gɛt 362 milyɔn pipul dɛn we de tɔk dɛn yon langwej,[1] we 274 milyɔn pipul dɛn we de tɔk L2 de tɔk MSA,[2] we mek i bi di nɔmba siks langwej we pipul dɛn de tɔk pas ɔl na di wɔl.[24]
Frɔm trade trade, dɛn kin rayt Arabik wit di Arabik alfabɛt, we na abjad frɔm rayt to lɛft. Dis alfabɛt na di ɔfishal skript fɔ MSA. Tradishɔnal wan dɛn nɔ bin de rayt di kayn we aw dɛn kin tɔk; bɔt wit di we aw soshal midia dɔn kam, di bɔku bɔku langwej dɛn we dɛn de rayt dɔn bɔku pasmak na di intanɛt. Apat frɔm di Arabik alfabɛt, dɛn kin rayt di dayalɛkt dɛn bak insay Latin frɔm lɛft to rayt ɔ wit Ibru aks (insay Izrɛl)[3] we nɔ gɛt standad ɔtografi. Maltese ɛn Hassaniya na di wan ol vayriet dɛm we dɛn ɔfishal rayt insay Latin alfabɛt.[25][b]