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Thus, Arabic is regarded as the Holy Language of Islam .

However, there is no single "Muslim language" per se, as Islam, the faith of Muslims, is shared by people of many different ethnicities and languages:


MAJORITY MUSLIM COUNTRIES

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  • Afghanistan has three major languages, Pashto , Dari and Uzbek , each belonging to ethnic groups (tribes) with the same names.

  • The most populous "Muslim country" in the world is , English , Dutch , local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese .

  • Turkish people speak Turkish , a language in a very different language group from Arabic.

  • being used by official bodies, as is the case in most Arabic-speaking countries, Moroccan Arabic also known as Darija is the Colloquial language. It is grammatically simpler, and has a less voluminous vocabulary than Classical Arabic. As in Algeria , most Moroccan-Arabs live in the north of the country. Other Moroccans speak Berber Languages such as Tachelhit and Tarifit

  • Berber Languages can also be heard in Algeria, notably including Kabyle , spoken by the Kabyle Berbers in the north-east of Algeria. Another Algerian language is Chaoui , spoken by the Chaoui, south-west of the Kabyle region. See Languages Of Algeria .

  • , but some Yoruba and Igbo speakers are also Muslim.

  • , Punjabi , Sindhi






  • which is one of the Cushitic Languages



  • , but common people of Arab-Berber origin use a distinct variety known as Hassaniya . Many people in the south of the country speak one of the national languages, such as Pulaar , Soninke or Wolof . These are also spoken in Senegal .







COUNTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT MUSLIM MINORITIES



VARIATIONS IN ARABIC

See Also: Varieties of Arabic



Arabic has many different 'branches'. Whether these are to be considered mere dialects or separate languages is a question of usually politically motivated debate. Many varieties of Arabic are treated as languages in Linguistics , as well as being recognized as such by many of their speakers and a few countries. The main branches of Arabic are Levantine Arabic , Iraqi Arabic , Gulf Arabic , Egyptian Arabic and Maghreb Arabic . Maltese is an Arabic language spoken by a majority non-Muslim population.


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