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( Arabic language)
 &_160;Egypt Academy of the Arabic Language in Cairo
 &_160;Iraq Iraqi Academy of Sciences
 &_160;Jordan Jordan Academy of Arabic
 &_160;Libya Academy of the Arabic Language in Jamahiriya
 &_160;Morocco Academy of the Arabic Language in Rabat
 &_160;Sudan Academy of the Arabic Language in Khartoum
 &_160;Syria Arab Academy of Damascus (the oldest)
 &_160;Tunisia Beit Al-Hikma Foundation Modern Standard Arabic derives from Classical Arabic, the only surviving member of the Old North Arabian dialect group, attested in Pre-Islamic Arabic inscriptions dating back to the 4th century.[4] Classical Arabic has also been a literary language and the liturgical language of Islam since its inception in the 7th century. Arabic has lent many words to other languages of the Islamic world, like Turkish and Persian. During the Middle Ages, Arabic was a major vehicle of culture in Europe, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have also borrowed many words from it. Arabic influence is seen in Mediterranean languages, particularly Spanish, Portuguese, and Sicilian, owing to both the proximity of European and Arab civilizations and 700 years of Arab rule in the Iberian peninsula (see Al-Andalus). Arabic has also borrowed words from many languages, including Hebrew, Persian and Syriac in early centuries, Turkish in medieval times and contemporary European languages in modern times. As with some other Semitic languages, the Arabic writing system is right-to-left.
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