Arabic

Arabic (/ˈærəbɪk/; Arabic: العَرَبِية‎, al-ʻarabiyyah [alʕaraˈbijja] ( listen) or Arabic: عربي ,عربى‎ ʻarabī [ˈʕarabiː] ( listen)) is the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century and its modern descendants excluding Maltese. Arabic is spoken in a wide arc stretching across Western Asia, North Africa, and the Horn of Africa. Arabic belongs to the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic family.

The literary language, called Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, is the only official form of Arabic. It is used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and news broadcasts.

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Aramaic, Hebrew, Ugaritic and Phoenician.

Arabic is native to countries of the Arab League, minorities in neighboring countries Eritrea, Mali, Niger, Kenya, Chad, Senegal, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Iran, Madagascar, Tanzania, Mozambique etc.

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Top 20 suburbs where this language is spoken at home

Suburb	Male	Female	Total
Greenacre	4962	4824	9786
Bankstown	3622	3552	7174
Punchbowl (Canterbury - NSW)	3686	3434	7120
Guildford (NSW)	3301	3246	6547
Merrylands	2996	3023	6019
Auburn (NSW)	2685	2501	5186
Yagoona	2006	2023	4029
Liverpool	1966	1997	3963
Condell Park	1435	1404	2839
Lakemba	1512	1310	2822
Roxburgh Park	1259	1283	2542
Granville (NSW)	1317	1223	2540
Fairfield (NSW)	1225	1228	2453
Reservoir (Vic.)	1249	1185	2434
Bexley	1221	1193	2414
Chester Hill	1174	1171	2345
Meadow Heights	1175	1131	2306
Blacktown	1097	1082	2179
Wiley Park	1097	1031	2128
Lalor	1065	969	2034