ExploLanguages
Where is Arabic spoken?
Arabic is an official language in 25 countries and territories, and the only one in 15.
Africa 12
- AlgeriaThe only official language
- ChadAlso French
- ComorosAlso French and Comorian
- DjiboutiAlso French
- EgyptThe only official language
- EritreaAlso English and Tigrinya
- LibyaThe only official language
- MauritaniaThe only official language
- MoroccoAlso Berber
- SomaliaAlso Somali
- SudanAlso English
- TunisiaThe only official language
Asia 13
- BahrainThe only official language
- IraqAlso Aramaic and Sorani
- IsraelAlso Hebrew
- JordanThe only official language
- KuwaitThe only official language
- LebanonAlso French
- OmanThe only official language
- PalestineThe only official language
- QatarThe only official language
- Saudi ArabiaThe only official language
- SyriaThe only official language
- United Arab EmiratesThe only official language
- YemenThe only official language
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Questions
How many countries speak Arabic?
Arabic is an official language in 25 countries and territories in our data, and the only official one in 15. Many more people speak it outside these places.
Which countries have Arabic as their only official language?
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Mauritania, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.
Will people speak it everywhere?
Official status is not the same as what you hear in the street. In some places on this list it is the language of government and school, while most people speak another one at home.
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