Arabic Fact Sheet

Database: World Wide Lanuage Speakers

Record Name Language Primary Country Source Rank Speakers
ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, EGYPTIAN SPOKEN Egypt 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 25 42,500,000
ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, ALGERIAN SPOKEN Algeria 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 42 22,400,000
ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, MOROCCAN SPOKEN Morocco 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 51 19,542,000
ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, SAIDI SPOKEN Egypt 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 52 18,900,000
ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, SUDANESE SPOKEN Sudan 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 60 16,000,000
ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, NORTH LEVANTINE SPOKEN Syria 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 63 15,000,000
ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, MESOPOTAMIAN SPOKEN Iraq 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 68 13,900,000
ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, NAJDI SPOKEN Saudi Arabia 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 81 9,800,000
ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, TUNISIAN SPOKEN Tunisia 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 85 9,308,000
ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN World Wide Language Speakers ARABIC, SANAANI SPOKEN Yemen 13th Edition of the Ethnologue 97 7,600,000

Database: Food Additives and their purpose

Record Name Primary Purpose Code Additive
414 Acacia or Gum arabic Emulsifier, Stabiliser, Thickener and Gelling 414 Acacia or Gum arabic

Database: Best Selling Books of All Time

Record Name Language Year Released Rank Author Sales Volume Source
The Quran Arabic ~610 - ~633 3 Traditional Islamic view: Revelation by Allah to Prophet Muhammad 800 Million Wikipedia

Database: World Wide Shortwave Radio Stations

Record Name Language City Country Media kHz
Radio-TV Algeria Arabic Algiers Algeria Radio 9610
Saudi Arabian Broadcasting Service Arabic Riyadh Saudi Arabia Radio 15,038
Radio-TV Morocco Arabic Rabat Morocco Radio 21,735

Database: World's Largest Newspapers by Circulation

Record Name Country Language Region Source Newspaper Rank Circulation (thousands)
Al-Ahram Newspaper Circulation Egypt Arabic Africa World Press Trends, the World Association of Newspapers, 2005 Al-Ahram 57 900

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