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The phonemes below reflect the pronunciation of Standard Arabic. Arabic language - Vowels. Arabic has three vowels, with their long forms, plus two diphthongs: a [ɛ̈] (open e as in English bed, but centralised), i [ɪ], u [ʊ]; ā [æː], ī See also:

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The phonemes below reflect the pronunciation of Standard Arabic. Arabic language - Vowels. Arabic has three vowels, with their long forms, plus two diphthongs: a [ɛ̈] (open e as in English bed, but centralised), i [ɪ], u [ʊ]; ā [æː], ī See also:

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Main article: Arabic alphabet The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic script (which variety - Nabataean or Syriac - is a matter of scholarly dispute), to which it bears a loose resemblance like that of Coptic or Cyrillic script to Greek script. Traditionally, there were several differences between the Western (Maghrebi) and Eastern version of the alphabet—in particular, the fa and qaf had a dot underneath and a single dot above respectively in the Maghreb, and the order of the letters was slightly different ...

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See varieties of Arabic for main article "Colloquial Arabic" is a collective term for the spoken languages or dialects of people throughout the Arab world, which, as mentioned, differ radically from the literary language. The main dialectal division is between the Maghreb dialects and those of the Middle East, followed by that between sedentary dialects and the much more conservative Bedouin dialects. Maltese, though descended from Arabic, is considered a separate language. Speakers of some of these dialects are unable to conve ...

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See varieties of Arabic for main article "Colloquial Arabic" is a collective term for the spoken languages or dialects of people throughout the Arab world, which, as mentioned, differ radically from the literary language. The main dialectal division is between the Maghreb dialects and those of the Middle East, followed by that between sedentary dialects and the much more conservative Bedouin dialects. Maltese, though descended from Arabic, is considered a separate language. Speakers of some of these dialects are unable to conve ...

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Arabic language, Arabic language - Literary and Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic language - Arabic and Islam, Arabic language - Classification and related languages, Arabic language - Dialects, Arabic language - Sounds, Arabic language - Vowels, Arabic language - Consonants, Arabic language - Syllable stucture, Arabic language - Stress, Arabic language - Dialectal variations, Arabic language - Grammar, Arabic language - Writing system, Arabic language - Calligraphy, Arabic language - Transliteration

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Main article: Arabic alphabet The Arabic alphabet derives from the Aramaic script (which variety - Nabataean or Syriac - is a matter of scholarly dispute), to which it bears a loose resemblance like that of Coptic or Cyrillic script to Greek script. Traditionally, there were several differences between the Western (Maghrebi) and Eastern version of the alphabet—in particular, the fa and qaf had a dot underneath and a single dot above respectively in the Maghreb, and the order of the letters was slightly different ...

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Arabic language, Arabic language - Literary and Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic language - Arabic and Islam, Arabic language - Classification and related languages, Arabic language - Dialects, Arabic language - Sounds, Arabic language - Vowels, Arabic language - Consonants, Arabic language - Syllable stucture, Arabic language - Stress, Arabic language - Dialectal variations, Arabic language - Grammar, Arabic language - Writing system, Arabic language - Calligraphy, Arabic language - Transliteration

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The term "Arabic" may refer either to literary Arabic or Modern Standard Arabic or to the many localized varieties of Arabic commonly called "colloquial Arabic." Arabs consider literary Arabic as the standard language and tend to view everything else as mere dialects. Literary Arabic, al-luġatu-l-ʻarabiyyatu-l-fuṣḥā (Literally: "the most eloquent Arabic language" — See also:

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The term "Arabic" may refer either to literary Arabic or Modern Standard Arabic or to the many localized varieties of Arabic commonly called "colloquial Arabic." Arabs consider literary Arabic as the standard language and tend to view everything else as mere dialects. Literary Arabic, al-luġatu-l-ʻarabiyyatu-l-fuṣḥā (Literally: "the most eloquent Arabic language" — See also:

Arabic language, Arabic language - Literary and Modern Standard Arabic, Arabic language - Arabic and Islam, Arabic language - Classification and related languages, Arabic language - Dialects, Arabic language - Sounds, Arabic language - Vowels, Arabic language - Consonants, Arabic language - Syllable structure, Arabic language - Stress, Arabic language - Dialectal variations, Arabic language - Grammar, Arabic language - Writing system, Arabic language - Calligraphy, Arabic language - Transliteration, Arabic language - Literature

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