The Arabic language... its teaching in the Arab heritage (a descriptive historical study)Author: W

The Arabic language is the most spoken Semitic language, and one of the most widespread languages ​​in the world. Its speakers are distributed throughout the Arab world, in addition to many other neighboring regions such as Ahvaz, Turkey, Chad, Mali, Senegal, Eritrea, Ethiopia, South Sudan, and Iran. Thus, it occupies fourth or fifth place in terms of the most widely spoken languages ​​in the world, and it occupies third place according to the number of countries that recognize it as an official language. It is recognized by 27 countries as an official language, and it is the fourth language in terms of the number of users on the Internet.
The Arabic language has a direct and indirect influence on many other languages ​​in the Islamic world, such as Turkish, Persian, Amazigh, Kurdish, Urdu, Malay, Indonesian, Albanian, and some other African languages ​​such as Hausa, Swahili, Tigrinya, Amharic, and Somali, and some European languages, especially the Mediterranean, such as Spanish, Portuguese, Maltese, and Sicilian. Many of its terms have entered English and other languages, such as admiral, tariff, alcohol, algebra, and star names. It is also taught officially or informally in Islamic countries and African countries bordering the Arab world.