(MSA) is Modern Standard Arabic. Easy to learn.

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Aramaic, Hebrew, Ugaritic and Phoenician. The standardized written Arabic is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions.

Arabic is the only surviving member of the Ancient North Arabian dialect group attested in pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions dating back to the 4th century. Arabic is written with the Arabic alphabet, which is an abjad script and is written from right-to-left although the spoken varieties are sometimes written in ASCII Latin from left-to-right with no standardized forms.

Arabic has influenced many languages around the globe throughout its history; some of the most influenced languages are Urdu, Persian, Kurdish, Turkish, Somali, Swahili, Bosnian, Kazakh, Bengali, Hindi, Malay, Indonesian, Tigrinya, Pashto, Punjabi, Tagalog, Sindhi and Hausa. During the Middle Ages, Literary Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy.

Details:

* The Arabic language introduction

* Pre-Islamic Arabic and Arabic Language

* Pre-Islamic Poetry and Early Islamic Literature

* The Islamic Conquests and Arabic Language

* Classical, Modern Standard and spoken Arabic

* Language and dialect

* Influence of Arabic on other languages

* Influence of other languages on Arabic

* Arabic alphabet and nationalism