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'''Arabic''', the language of the ''Qur'a¯n'' (Koran), is used as the official language of the government in [[Sunnistan]]. All school students are required to take Arabic all twelve years of schooling, and government officials have to go as far as being able to write a thesis essay in Arabic and translate it into Urdu before being allowed to hold their positions.
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'''Arabic''' ({{ar|اللغة العربية}};  ''{{Unicode|al-luġatu-l-ʿarabīyatu}}'', less formally, {{ar|عربي}}  ''{{Unicode|ʿarabī}}'') is the largest member of the [[Semitic]] branch of the [[Afro-Asiatic]] [[language family]] (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Aramaic language|Aramaic]]. It is spoken throughout the [[Arab world]] and is widely studied and known throughout the [[Islamic world]]. Arabic has been a [[literary language]] since at least the [[6th century]] and is the [[liturgical language]] of [[Islam]].
 
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For this reason, all languages of Sunnistan are often heavily Arabicized, and speaking Arabic is considered a social put-on.
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Arabic is also an offical language of [[The Lightning Star|Carthage/The Lightning Star]] and [[Bettia]]. In [[Elephantum]] Arabic is the majority language in nine of the fourteen Sultanates, and is by far the most widely taught.
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Although not an official language in [[Almohed]], Arabic is spoken as a second or third language by approxamately 12% of the population.
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Arabic is an official language in [[Wadj]]. Though it is not used as often as [[Persian]], most educated people in Wadj understand Arabic, and children are encouraged to learn it in school.
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Revision as of 20:42, 28 December 2005

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Arabic (Template:Ar; Template:Unicode, less formally, Template:Ar Template:Unicode) is the largest member of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family (classification: South Central Semitic) and is closely related to Hebrew and Aramaic. It is spoken throughout the Arab world and is widely studied and known throughout the Islamic world. Arabic has been a literary language since at least the 6th century and is the liturgical language of Islam.