Arabic translation

Language Connect provides professional Arabic into English and English into Arabic translations. Our mother tongue Arabic translators only translate into Arabic and habitually use Arabic so that they are continuously up-to-date with the language's evolution. For further information visit our translation services page.

Arabic is one of the world's most spoken languages, with at least an estimated 186 million native speakers. As the language of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, it is also widely used throughout the Muslim world. It belongs to the Semitic group of languages which also includes Hebrew and Amharic, the main language of Ethiopia.

There are many Arabic dialects. Classical Arabic - the language of the Qur'an - was originally the dialect of Mecca in what is now Saudi Arabia. An adapted form of this, known as Modern Standard Arabic, is used in books, newspapers, on television and radio, in the mosques, and in conversation between educated Arabs from different countries (for example at international conferences).

Where is Arabic spoken?
	Algeria		Kuwait		Saudi Arabia
	Bahrain		Lebanon		Somalia
	Chad		Libya		Sudan
	Egypt		Mauritania		Syria
	Eritrea		Morocco		Tunisia
	Iraq		Oman		United Arab Emirates
	Israel		Palestinian territories		Western Sahara
	Jordan		Qatar		Yemen

Most of the names starting with Al-, Ar-, Cala-, Guad- and Medina are corrupted forms of Arabic names originally given to places, rivers, mountains and other natural features during Muslim rule in Spain and Portugal. These names were later adopted in the Americas after the migration of Hispanic population to Florida, California, Mexico, Central and South Americas in the 1500s and later centuries, following the voyages of Christopher Columbus to the continent.

Some famous examples:

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