The Asian countries in which Arabic is a widely spoken language are Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen, and the Palestinian territories.The geographical distribution of Arabic-speaking countries in Asia ranges from Israel and the Palestinian countries in the West to Oman and the United Arab Emirates in the East and Syria in the North to Yemen in the South.
The African countries in which Arabic is widely spoken are Algeria, Djibouti, Libya, Sudan, Chad, Egypt, Mauritania, Tunisia, Cormoros, Eritrea, Morocco and Tanzania. The geographical distribution of Arabic-speaking countries in Africa ranges from Mauritania in the West to Somalia and the island of Cormoros in the East, and Tunisia in the North to Sudan in the South.
The most widely understood Arabic dialect is Egyptian Arabic, spoken in Egypt primarily along the Nile River valley. Mahgreb Arabic is widely spoken in Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria and Western Libya. Levantine Arabic is widely spoken in the Levant region formed by Israel, Lebanon and neighboring countries. The main division between dialects is the Mahgreb dialects and the Middle Eastern dialects.
The body of Arabic-speaking countries forms the League of Arab States, a group of 25 nations similar in organization and purpose to the European Union. In these countries, Arabic is the official and most widely spoken language.
