BFSU LANGUAGE ENTRY
010 / 101Arabic
العربيةAt BFSU, Arabic is among 101 approved foreign languages, connecting the university’s multilingual education with the places and cultures where the language is used.
Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Algeria
- NATIVE NAME
- العربية
- WRITING SYSTEM
- Arabic script
- AT BFSU
- One of 101 languages
LANGUAGE IN THE WORLD
See where Arabic connects communities.
LANGUAGE REACH
Arabic is spoken across 36 countries and territories.
No. 4 of 101 languages · No. 4 by territory count
Europe
01United Kingdom
Middle East & North Africa
22EgyptSaudi ArabiaAlgeriaSudanIraqYemenMoroccoSyriaJordanTunisiaUnited Arab EmiratesLibyaPalestinian TerritoriesLebanonOmanKuwaitQatarIsraelIranBahrainTürkiyeDjibouti
Sub-Saharan Africa
09SomaliaMauritaniaSouth SudanChadMaliNigeriaCameroonNigerKenya
The Americas
01Canada
Other areas
03Western SaharaComorosEritrea
From daily conversation in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and Algeria to education, literature and media, Arabic carries the accents, vocabulary and expressions of different communities.
Population and distribution figures use Unicode CLDR 48 ↗ estimates of people able to use the language, including first- and second-language users. Recorded reach counts territories with an estimated community of at least 10,000; figures are comparative, not live counts.
AT BFSU
A language opens a wider view of the world.
BFSU places Arabic within a multilingual programme that brings language study together with literature, history, society and regional knowledge.
The language is commonly written in Arabic script; its literature, media and everyday expressions carry the experiences of the communities that use it.
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