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Classification of Arabic languages

North Arabian
South Central Semitic
Arabic
Geographic
distribution
North Africa, Middle East, Malta
Linguistic classificationAfro-Asiatic
Proto-languageProto-Arabic
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologarab1394

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]

  1. ^ Jallad, Ahmad (2020). "Al-Jallad. A Manual of the Historical Grammar of Arabic". Academia.edu.
  2. ^ Versteegh 2014, p. 18

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