Arabic
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Arabic is a macrolanguage spoken by 313 million people as their mother tongue and by another 424 million people as a second or foreign language. Arabic is an official national language in 22 countries and is spoken as a native language by parts of the population in another 11 countries. It is also an official language of the United Nations. The widespread use of the language is matched by the fact that Arabic comprises 30 different varieties. Although all Arabic speakers have their own colloquial variety, most learn Modern Standard (written) Arabic.
