Arabic Varieties
How many main categories/varieties of Arabic are there?
Two
What are the FIVE main language skills?
Reading, writing, listening, speaking, grammar
Arabic is the official or co-official of ________ countries.
23
Arabic is written from __________ to __________.
Right to Left
True or false: Dialects of Arabic are NOT written languages
True- Dialects are spoken Arabic
True or False: The term 'Arabic' refers to people, culture, and ethnicity.
False
These countries are located in ________ __________ and the _________ ___________.
North Africa and the Middle East
How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet?
28
What contexts/situations is Modern Standard Arabic used in?
Education, literature, media, government
The Arabic language is named after the Arabs who lived in the _________ _____________.
Arabian Peninsula
The Middle East and North Africa are sometimes combined and known as ____ ______ _________.
The Arab World
True or False: Arabic is a gendered language. This means everything is categorized as either masculine or feminine.
True
How many Arabic dialects are there? What are they?
5
Maghrebi (North African), Egyptian, Shaami (Levantine), Khaliji (Gulfi), Iraqi
What is a language family?
A group of languages that have similar structures and histories
Arabic is the ______th most widely spoken language in the world.
5th
Each letter in the Arabic alphabet has __________ forms (shapes).
Four
How do we say Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) in Arabic?
الفصحى
Al-FusHa
Arabic is a member of the _________ language family
Semitic
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
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