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1. What language family does Arabic belong to?
Romance
Semitic
Slavic
2. When did the first known text in the Arabic alphabet/abjad appear?
356 ACE
8 BCE
470 ACE
3. How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet/abjad?
102
56
28
4. What is the oldest form of Arabic literature?
Plays
Poetry
Religious Texts
5. Approximately how many people in the world speak Arabic?
550 million
80 million
300 million
6. Which set of these English words came from Arabic?
heaven, twirl, label,cry, screen, finger
magazine, amber, racquet, cotton, arsenal, candy
boy, pray, building, table, camel, alter
7. What European language is descended from Arabic?
Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic, the extinct variety of Arabic that developed in Sicily and was later introduced to Malta, between the 9th century and the 12th century.
Romanian
Bulgarian
Maltese
8. Approximately how old is Arabic?
Arabic first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
10,000 years
4,000 years
1500 years
9. Where does Arabic rank in terms of total number of speakers in the world?
#1 English #2 Mandarin #3 Hindi #4 Spanish #5 French #6 Arabic
3rd
6th
4th
10. In how many recognized countries is Arabic the official language?
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.