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How Much Do You Know About Arabic?
See if you can answers these questions about Arabic.
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Last updated: June 10, 2019
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| First submitted | June 10, 2019 |
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1.
What language family does Arabic belong to?
Semitic
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Romance
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Slavic
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2.
When did the first known text in the Arabic alphabet/abjad appear?
470 ACE
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8 BCE
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356 ACE
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3.
How many letters are in the Arabic alphabet/abjad?
28
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56
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102
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4.
What is the oldest form of Arabic literature?
Poetry
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Plays
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Religious Texts
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5.
Approximately how many people in the world speak Arabic?
300 million
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80 million
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550 million
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6.
Which set of these English words came from Arabic?
magazine, amber, racquet, cotton, arsenal, candy
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heaven, twirl, label,cry, screen, finger
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boy, pray, building, table, camel, alter
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7.
What European language is descended from Arabic?
Romanian
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Bulgarian
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Maltese
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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.
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Approximately how old is Arabic?
4,000 years
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10,000 years
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1500 years
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Arabic first emerged in the 1st to 4th centuries CE.
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Where does Arabic rank in terms of total number of speakers in the world?
3rd
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6th
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4th
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#1 English #2 Mandarin #3 Hindi #4 Spanish #5 French #6 Arabic
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In how many recognized countries is Arabic the official language?
36
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15
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24
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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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