This article is about the historical language group. For the modern general language (macrolanguage), see Arabic. For the separate South Semitic language group, see Modern South Arabian languages.
North Arabian
South Central Semitic Arabic
Geographic distribution
North Africa, Middle East, Malta
Linguistic classification
Afro-Asiatic
Semitic
West Semitic
Central Semitic
North Arabian
Proto-language
Proto-Arabic
Glottolog
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The Arabic language family is divided into several categories which are: Old Arabic, the literary varieties, and the modern vernaculars.[1]
The genealogical position of Arabic within the group of the Semitic languages has long been a problem.[2]
^Jallad, Ahmad (2020). "Al-Jallad. A Manual of the Historical Grammar of Arabic". Academia.edu.
^Versteegh 2014, p. 18
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