Arabic Language Miscellaneous facts
Arabic is one of the oldest languages in the world that today is spoken by over 256 million people in about 30 different countries. It is the official language of Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestinian Authority, Qatar, Western Sahara (SADR), Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
There is a form of Arabic called Modern Standard Arabic, which is understood by most Arabic speakers and is often used in international organizations. In fact, Arabic is one of the official languages of the United Nations and is mostly spoken in the Middle East and Northern Africa. Arabic writing is varying as well, is extremely complex and often does not even compare to its spoken form. Arabic is considered the sixth most spoken language in the world even though the Arabic language is spread into many varying forms. In the United States alone, there are over 590,000 Arabic speaking people. The total number of Arabic speaking internet users is now at 16.5 million and growing constantly.
Many Arabic nations enjoy great wealth due to the huge oil reserves found in those regions thus making the Arabic population an important factor on the global market. In fact, the entire GDP of all the Arabic nations amounts to about 115.8 billion dollars. In addition to their wealth from the oil, there are countless investment opportunities, business projects, international organizations, etc., in Arabic countries as well. Due to the size of the Arabic markets and the opportunities available on this growing online market, it is obvious that the Arabic speaking population has great potential for business online.