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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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'''Arabic''' 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 Sixth Century and is the liturgical language of [[Islam]].

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Arabic 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 Sixth Century and is the liturgical language of Islam.

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