Modern Standard Arabic

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lingua franca literary language macrolanguage variety register of Arabic standardized variety of Arabic

Modern Standard Arabic is the standardized, contemporary form of the Arabic language used in formal writing, media, education, and official communication across the Arab world.

Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	As subject	As object
al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā	0	3
Modern Standard Arabic in education and media	0	1
Modern Written Arabic	0	1
Standard Arabic	0	1

Statements (77)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	lingua franca → literary language → macrolanguage variety → register of Arabic → standardized variety of Arabic →
alsoKnownAs	Fus’ha → MSA → Modern Standard Arabic → surface form: Modern Written Arabic Modern Standard Arabic → surface form: al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā
associatedConcept	diglossia in the Arab world →
basedOn	Classical Arabic → surface form: Quranic Arabic
coexistsWith	colloquial Arabic dialects →
developedFrom	Classical Arabic →
hasApproximateNumberOfSpeakers	hundreds of millions as a second or formal language →
hasDomain	academic writing → literature → news broadcasting → official documents →
hasLexicalInfluenceOn	many modern Arabic dialects →
hasMorphologicalFeature	case endings → gendered nouns → root-and-pattern morphology → triconsonantal roots →
hasPhonologicalFeature	emphatic consonants → pharyngeal consonants →
hasSyntacticFeature	subject–verb–object word order → verb–subject–object word order →
influencedBy	Classical Arabic grammatical tradition →
ISO639-1Code	ar →
ISO639-2Code	ara →
ISO639-3Code	arb →
languageBranch	Semitic languages →
languageFamily	Afroasiatic languages →
languageSubbranch	Central Semitic languages →
officialStatusIn	Algeria → Bahrain → Comoros → Djibouti → Egypt → Iraq → Jordan → Kuwait → Lebanon → Libya → Mauritania → Morocco → Oman → Palestine → Qatar → Saudi Arabia → Somalia → Sudan → Syria → Tunisia → United Arab Emirates → Yemen →
regulatedBy	Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo → Arabic Language Academy of Damascus → Arabic Language Academy of Jordan → various national Arabic language academies →
standardizedIn	20th century →
usedAs	language of international diplomacy for Arab states → language of pan-Arab media → language of school textbooks in Arab countries →
usedFor	broadcast media → education → formal writing → official communication → print media → religious discourse →
usedIn	Arab League → surface form: Arab League member states Arab world → Horn of Africa → Middle East → North Africa →
writingDirection	right-to-left →
writingSystem	Arabic script →

Referenced by (39)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fus’ha → alsoKnownAs → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā

Modern Standard Arabic → alsoKnownAs → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā

Modern Standard Arabic → alsoKnownAs → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: Modern Written Arabic

MSA → alternativeName → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā

MSA → alternativeName → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: Standard Arabic

Old Arabic → ancestorOf → Modern Standard Arabic →

Classical Arabic → basisFor → Modern Standard Arabic →

Gulf Arabic → coexistsWith → Modern Standard Arabic →

Maghrebi Arabic → coexistsWith → Modern Standard Arabic →

Sudanese Arabic → coexistsWith → Modern Standard Arabic →

Oran Arabic → differsFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Shami Arabic → differsFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Egyptian Arabic → diglossiaWith → Modern Standard Arabic →

Colloquial Arabic → distinctFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Classical Arabic → distinguishedFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo → fieldOfWork → Modern Standard Arabic →

Arabic Language Academy of Damascus → focus → Modern Standard Arabic →

Arabic Language Academy of Jordan → focusesOn → Modern Standard Arabic →

MSA → fullName → Modern Standard Arabic →

Oran Arabic → hasLexicalInfluenceFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Arabic → hasRegister → Modern Standard Arabic →

Arabs → includeSpeakersOf → Modern Standard Arabic →

Central Semitic languages → includesLanguage → Modern Standard Arabic →

Egyptian Arabic → influencedBy → Modern Standard Arabic →

Maghrebi Arabic → influencedBy → Modern Standard Arabic →

Sa'idi Arabic → isDistinctFrom → Modern Standard Arabic →

Egyptians → mediaLanguage → Modern Standard Arabic →

Yafiʿi Arabic → overarchingStandardLanguage → Modern Standard Arabic →

Old Arabic → precedes → Modern Standard Arabic →

Mesopotamian Arabic → standardBasedOn → Modern Standard Arabic →

Levantine Arabic → standardForm → Modern Standard Arabic →

Yemeni Arabic → standardLanguage → Modern Standard Arabic →

Faifi Arabic → usedAlongside → Modern Standard Arabic →

Hijazi Arabic → usedAlongside → Modern Standard Arabic →

Mesopotamian Arabic → usedAlongside → Modern Standard Arabic →

Najdi Arabic → usedAlongside → Modern Standard Arabic →

Yemeni Arabic → usedAlongside → Modern Standard Arabic →

this entity surface form: Modern Standard Arabic in education and media