File:Arabic alphabet world distribution - three shades.png
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Summary
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English: This map shows all countries where the Arabic alphabet has some official use.
Arabic is the sole official script.
The Arabic script is official alongside other scripts.
The Arabic script finds some recognition, e.g. as a script for a provincial official language, or as a secondary script of the national language. |
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This file was derived from: BlankMap-World6.svg |
| Author | Abjiklam, Mahmudmasri, Sudhir.swarnkar |
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This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Sudhir.swarnkar at English Wikipedia. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: Sudhir.swarnkar grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law. |
Original upload log
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- 2011-09-28 01:15 Abjiklam 1933×1049× (243728 bytes) new, more precise, classification. +India
- 2011-09-23 01:34 Abjiklam 1911×1071× (240741 bytes) official usage
- 2011-09-21 19:04 Mahmudmasri 1165×645× (165237 bytes) Tunisia
- 2011-09-21 18:30 Mahmudmasri 1165×645× (165181 bytes) Updates: Some places use Arabic script (in Arabic language) less likely than other Latin-based scripts in other languages, such as Spanish, French, English
- 2011-09-17 19:01 Abjiklam 1165×645× (124573 bytes) updated: only Arabic script is official in: Western Sahara, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan (without South Sudan), Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Jordan, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Yemen, Oman, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan Arabic script is not the
- 2011-07-15 14:51 Sudhir.swarnkar 600×331× (18967 bytes)
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| current | 08:06, 14 March 2023 | 1,933 × 1,049 (302 KB) | Kwamikagami | kurdish in Latin is Syria (Rojava), not Iraq | |
| 01:25, 27 February 2023 | 1,933 × 1,049 (302 KB) | Kwamikagami | fix Comoros; TZ but not Israel per WP-en articles | ||
| 01:07, 27 February 2023 | 1,933 × 1,049 (301 KB) | Kwamikagami | tajikistan | ||
| 00:55, 27 February 2023 | 1,933 × 1,049 (301 KB) | Kwamikagami | even color distribution -- the two light greens were nearly indistinguishable | ||
| 21:34, 25 February 2023 | 1,933 × 1,049 (300 KB) | Kwamikagami | Kabyle coofficial in Algeria since 2016, so map now only 3 shades | ||
| 07:38, 13 November 2018 | 1,933 × 1,049 (268 KB) | Sarvathi | Arabic has been abolished as an official language of Israel and demoted to a lower status, thus colored in pale green. | ||
| 08:45, 28 May 2018 | 1,933 × 1,049 (268 KB) | Sarvathi | Western Sahara is officially bilingual, though unenforced | ||
| 22:33, 25 September 2017 | 1,933 × 1,049 (238 KB) | OgreBot | (BOT): Reverting to most recent version before archival | ||
| 22:33, 25 September 2017 | 1,911 × 1,071 (235 KB) | OgreBot | (BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2011-09-23 01:34:37 by Abjiklam | ||
| 22:33, 25 September 2017 | 1,165 × 645 (161 KB) | OgreBot | (BOT): Uploading old version of file from en.wikipedia; originally uploaded on 2011-09-21 19:04:59 by Mahmudmasri |
File usage
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Global file usage
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- Usage on ar.wikipedia.org
- كتابة عربية
- Usage on fi.wikipedia.org
- Arabialainen kirjaimisto
- Usage on li.wikipedia.org
- Arabisch sjrif
- Usage on ms.wikipedia.org
- Abjad Arab
- Aksara Arab
- Usage on pt.wikipedia.org
- Alfabeto árabe
- Usage on www.wikidata.org
- Q1828555