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Arabic VS
All other World Languages
Language Family and Writing System
Writing System Arabic 
Script(s) Used (al Arabiya) 
Family Afro-asiatic  vs 6% World Languages have Afro-Asiatic
Subgroup Semitic 
3 Letter Code Ara 
Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)
215  (146.11 higher than average)
vs
68.89

Native Speakers as % of World
4.7  (3.18 higher than average)
vs
1.52

Total Number of Speakers (millions)
452  (338.17 higher than average)
vs
113.83

Total Speakers as % of World
5.9  (4.38 higher than average)
vs
1.52

Language Systems
Noun declensions Three Cases  vs 3% World Languages have Three cases
Sequence VSO   vs 4.5% World Languages have VSO
Tonal No  vs 80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language No  vs 85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language
Geographic Distribution
Official language in Algeria
Bahrain
Chad
Comoros
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Iraq
Israel
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Morocco
Oman
Palestine
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Somalia
Sudan
Syria
Tunisia
United Arab Emirates
Western Sahara
Yemen 

Official Language of United Nations Yes  vs 10.4% World Languages have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Western Sahara, Yemen, Niger, Mali, Senegal 
No. of Countries Spoken In
30  (19.67 higher than average)
vs
10.33



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