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How Much Do You Know About Arabic?
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Last updated: June 10, 2019
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1. What language family does Arabic belong to?
Semitic
Romance
Slavic
2. When did the first known text in the Arabic alphabet/abjad appear?
470 ACE
356 ACE
8 BCE
3. How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet/abjad?
56
28
102
4. What is the oldest form of Arabic literature?
Poetry
Religious Texts
Plays
5. Approximately how many people in the world speak Arabic?
80 million
300 million
550 million
6. Which set of these English words came from Arabic?
magazine, amber, racquet, cotton, arsenal, candy
heaven, twirl, label,cry, screen, finger
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.
Bulgarian
Romanian
Maltese
8. Approximately how old is Arabic?
Arabic first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
1500 years
4,000 years
10,000 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
4th
6th
3rd
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.
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