Most media and print outlets employ this language's "Modern Standard" variety, in contrast to its "Classical" variety, which is used liturgically.
An influential history of linguistics of this language was written by Kees Versteegh. Among all languages in which a triliteral root system is the basis for most word formation, this is the one in which the broken plural is most productive. In non-formal varieties of this language, the usage of the dual form varies for nouns but is extremely rare for verbs. A common online chat transliteration for this language represents emphatic consonants with numerals. Western varieties of this language are divided into (*) Hilalian and pre-Hilalian dialects. Most media and print outlets employ this language's "Modern Standard" variety, in contrast to its "Classical" variety, which is used liturgically. Varieties of this language spoken on Sicily developed into the modern language Maltese. For 10 points, name this most widely-spoken Semitic language, which has Moroccan and Egyptian varieties.
An influential history of linguistics of this language was written by Kees Versteegh.
Arabic [or al-'arabiyyah] 