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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.
Source	Originally from en.wikipedia; description page is (was) here * 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>
Author	Users JWB, MaGioZal on en.wikipedia
Other versions	Arabic alphabet world distribution - three shades.png

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current	08:03, 14 March 2023	600 × 331 (16 KB)	Kwamikagami	fix Pakistan, Mauritania, Syria (Rojava), Eritrea (de facto) > light, Palestine > dark
	02:29, 7 September 2022	600 × 331 (12 KB)	Durranistan	.
	14:39, 21 October 2019	600 × 331 (22 KB)	Бмхүн	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)
	08:29, 20 August 2019	600 × 331 (18 KB)	Kwamikagami	Reverted to version as of 18:18, 24 August 2018 (UTC) Kurmanji is written in Latin and Syriac has its own script. Both are official in Rojava.
	07:56, 13 November 2018	600 × 331 (18 KB)	Sarvathi	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").
	18:18, 24 August 2018	600 × 331 (18 KB)	Kwamikagami	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...
	17:14, 24 August 2018	600 × 331 (18 KB)	Kwamikagami	Reverted to version as of 08:43, 28 May 2018 (UTC) -- exaggeration -- if only Arabic is official in Mauritania, only French is official in Mali
	22:56, 12 July 2018	600 × 331 (13 KB)	ألبرشت شونكا	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
	08:43, 28 May 2018	600 × 331 (18 KB)	Sarvathi	Check
	08:41, 28 May 2018	600 × 363 (18 KB)	Sarvathi	Iraq & Sudan