Arabic is the official language of the 22 countries which form the Arab League: Its the

native language of over 200m people residing in this geographical region, which stretches
from Southwest Asia to Northwest Africa and is also known as the Arab World. Arabic is
also the liturgical language of over a billion Muslims around the world, as its the language
in which the , Qur'an, the Holy Book of Islam, was revealed.
The "formal" Arabic language, known as Classical Arabic or ,Fus-ha, is the
language in which the Quran is written and is considered to be the base of the syntactic
and grammatical norms of the Arabic language. This Classical form of Arabic remains
widely used by religious scholars and is taught in schools around the world. However, it is
considered today more of a written language than a spoken one.
Modern Standard Arabic, or MSA, is similar but easier than Classical Arabic. It's
understood across the Arab world and used by television presenters and politicians, for
example, as well as to teach Arabic as a foreign language. You'll also find it in newspapers
and works of modern Arabic literature.
In terms of "spoken" Arabic, there are many different dialects. An Arabic speaker from
Iraq, for example, can find it almost impossible to understand a local Algerian, and vice
versa - even though both individuals are speaking a particular form of Arabic dialect.
However, both will be able to communicate in Modern Standard Arabic