Arabic Varieties
Linguistics
Where is Arabic spoken?
How is Arabic structured?
100

How many main categories/varieties of Arabic are there?

Two 

100

What are the FIVE main language skills?

Reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar

100

Arabic is the official or co-official of ________ countries.

23

100

Arabic is written from __________ to __________. 

Right to Left

200

True or false: Dialects of Arabic are NOT written languages

True- Dialects are spoken Arabic

200

True or False: The term 'Arabic' refers to people, culture, and ethnicity. 

False

200

These countries are located in ________ __________ and the _________ ___________. 

North Africa and the Middle East

200

How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet?

28

300

What contexts/situations is Modern Standard Arabic used in?

Education, literature, media, government

300

The Arabic language is named after the Arabs who lived in the _________ _____________. 

Arabian Peninsula

300

The Middle East and North Africa are sometimes combined and known as ____ ______ _________. 

The Arab World

300

True or False: Arabic is a gendered language. This means everything is categorized as either masculine or feminine. 

True

400

How many Arabic dialects are there? What are they?

5

Maghrebi (North African), Egyptian, Shaami (Levantine), Khaliji (Gulfi), Iraqi

400

What is a language family?

A group of languages that have similar structures and histories 

400

Arabic is the ______th most widely spoken language in the world. 

5th

400

Each letter in the Arabic alphabet has __________ forms (shapes). 

Four

500

How do we say Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in Arabic? 

الفصحى

Al-FusHa

500

Arabic is a member of the _________ language family

Semitic

500

In addition to daily life, what other context is Arabic commonly used in?

Religious contexts; there are many Islamic countries where Arabic is used for religious reasons, but not in daily life

500

How many vowels does Arabic have?

*Bonus: How many long vowels and how many short vowels?

6 vowels total, 

Three long vowels and three short vowels

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