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DescriptionArabic alphabet world distribution.png
This map, made by
MaGioZal, shows the countries that use the Arabic alphabet. In dark green, the countries that use the Arabic as the sole official script; and in light green, the countries that assume the Arabic alphabet as a co-official script.
* 00:21, 6 June 2006 [[:en:User:JWB|JWB]] 600×331 (9,884 bytes) <span class="comment">(Further modified)</span>
* 23:21, 5 June 2006 [[:en:User:JWB|JWB]] 600×331 (9,817 bytes) <span class="comment">(Modification of previous version)</span>
* 04:16, 16 March 2006 [[:en:User:MaGioZal|MaGioZal]] 600×331 (8,744 bytes) <span class="comment">(This map, made [[:en:by myself]], shows the countries that use the [[:en:Arabic alphabet]]. In dark green, the countries that use the arabic as the sole official script; and in light green, the countries that assume the arabic alphabet as a co-offic)</span>
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Eritrea has no official language, Tigrinya serves as the de facto language of national identity. Somalia (including Somaliland) uses the Latin alphabet of the Somali language. Iraq (including Kurdistan) only recognizes the Arabic alphabet (the official website of Kurd Sorani https://gov.krd)
In Syria, Arabic is the only official script. Colored the West Bank in green and dark green stripes, because Arabic is the sole official language in areas under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction and Hebrew is the sole official language in areas under Israeli jurisdiction (i.e. the "Jewish stettlements").
Arabic no longer official in Israel proper. I don't know if any language is official in the Palestinian territories, but if so, Hebrew is as well, at least in the West Bank, so I made the West Bank light green, left Gaza dark green, and made Israel proper grey. That could easily be wrong, but please provide sources if it is. Arabic is not official in Hong Kong or Taiwan. In China, it's regionally official in Xinjiang, but only Chinese is official at the national level. (Not sure about regio...
Iraq: Iraqi Kurdish (Sorani and Palewani) is only written with Arabic alphabet > dark green Mauritania: Arabic is the only official language > dark green Niger: Arabic is one of the 10 official national languages and an obligatory language in school > light green Mali: Arabic is one of the 13 official national languages and an obligatory language in school > light green South Sudan: used in official documents; also see Constitution Part 1, Chapter 1, No. 6 (2) > light green