MSA
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MSA is the standardized, literary form of Arabic used in formal writing, media, education, and official communication across the Arab world.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
standardized form of Arabic
ⓘ
variety of Arabic ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Fus’ha
ⓘ
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
Standard Arabic
Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ
surface form:
al-ʿArabiyya al-Fuṣḥā
|
| basedOn | Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| derivedFrom |
Classical Arabic
ⓘ
surface form:
Quranic Arabic
|
| differsFrom |
Arabic colloquial dialects
ⓘ
Classical Arabic ⓘ |
| domain |
government documents
ⓘ
legal texts ⓘ |
| educationRole | medium of instruction for many subjects in Arab schools ⓘ |
| fullName | Modern Standard Arabic ⓘ |
| function | lingua franca among Arabic speakers of different dialects ⓘ |
| grammar | largely based on Classical Arabic grammar ⓘ |
| ISO639-1Code | ar ⓘ |
| ISO639-3Code | arb ⓘ |
| languageBranch | Semitic languages ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Afroasiatic languages
ⓘ
surface form:
Afro-Asiatic languages
|
| lexicon |
includes loanwords
ⓘ
includes modern technical vocabulary ⓘ |
| mutualIntelligibility | largely mutually intelligible across Arab countries in written form ⓘ |
| officialStatus | de facto standard written Arabic in Arab countries ⓘ |
| orthography | uses Arabic abjad with optional diacritics ⓘ |
| phonology | simplified compared to Classical Arabic in many contexts ⓘ |
| register |
formal register
ⓘ
literary register ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | language academies in Arab countries ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| standardizedIn | 20th century ⓘ |
| style | more conservative than spoken dialects ⓘ |
| subBranch |
Arabic language continuum
ⓘ
Central Semitic languages ⓘ |
| taughtAs | standard Arabic in schools ⓘ |
| usageTrend |
dominant in written communication in the Arab world
ⓘ
increasingly used in formal spoken contexts such as TV news ⓘ |
| usedIn |
academic publications
ⓘ
broadcast media ⓘ education ⓘ formal speeches ⓘ formal writing ⓘ news reporting ⓘ official communication ⓘ pan-Arab communication ⓘ printed media ⓘ religious sermons ⓘ |
| usedInRegion |
Arab world
ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ North Africa ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Arabic script ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.