how many americans speak arabic?
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lotz... considerin im one of dem... lol... my parentz were born in syria n' i wuz born in ohio... so i automatically have dual citizenship... awsomness!!!! so i kno francias, espanol, 3araby(arabic), lil' bit of italian, lil bit o' urdu, and english\npeace out:)
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I am originally from Philadelphia but lived in NJ for several years and yes, I can hear my own accent. Accents in general are subjective so someone from NJ might not sound as harsh to me as they would to someone from London simply because I am used to they way New Jersey natives talk and they aren't. \n\nI didn't become fully aware of how strong my accent was until I became good friends with a girl from MN; Listening to a recording of us talking, we sound different as night and day. Not that she sounds like she has a stronger accent, she just sounds different. When compared to Midland American English, she is technically more "accentless" than I am.\n\nOnce I began studying Arabic I started to pay strong attention to the way I and others sound. I also encounter accent-related hurdles when it comes to pronunciation. So Arabic is another thing that made me more conscious of my own unique American accent.
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No, they shouldn't.  Howver, as I live here in New Orleans, maybe I should start learning Arabic.
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sure ... alot of arabic ppl here .. and am one of them\nwhy do u people always ask about arabs as they are not humans !!! am really sorry for u
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Arabic is the most common language, the official language of all North African countries (which are often considered part of the Middle East), along with Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and the sheikdoms surrounding it.  Turkish is the official language of Turkey.  Farsi is the official language of Iran.  Hebrew and Arabic are co-official languages of Israel.\n\nIn addition, there are many minority languages.  Berber languages are spoken in parts of North Africa.  Coptic is the liturgical language of Egypt's Copts (a persecuted Christian minority).  French is spoken by large numbers of people in Algeria and Lebanon.  There are Spanish speakers in Morocco.  And Kurdish is spoken by Kurds in a number of countries (Turkey, Syria, Iran, and Iraq).  Israel has significant numbers of English and Russian speakers.  Just to name a few.
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When you say rate, I automatically think of which is best. I can't answer that question nor do I think anyone else can. However, what I can tell you is the use of each language (at least approximations). Read on for more details and check the sources as it's a pretty interesting question to answer...\n\nThis question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer.  Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably.  For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.\n\nTo further complicate matters, the definition of “speaker” can be vague.  Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only.  Others count both native speakers and secondary speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).\n\nLastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages.  Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries.  On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.\n\n\nThe World's Most Widely Spoken Languages\n\nAvignon (France) Stop (Arabic) Batik (Thai) Narita Airport (Japan)\n\nClick here to see the full data from Comrie (1998), Weber (1997), and the Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) 1999 Ethnologue Survey as well as charts comparing the number of speakers of each language and the number of countries using each language.\n\nWhat are the world's most widely spoken languages?\n\nThis question is a very interesting one that has a rather complicated answer.  Estimates of how many people speak a language are quite general and can vary considerably.  For example, English estimates vary from 275 to 450 million, Spanish from 150 to over 300 million, Hindi from 150 to 350 million, and Russian from 150 to 180 million.\n\nTo further complicate matters, the definition of “speaker” can be vague.  Some surveys of languages give information on native speakers only.  Others count both native speakers and secondary speakers (those who use the language regularly or primarily even though it is not their native language).\n\nLastly, it is important to consider not only the population (number) of language speakers, but also the geographic distribution of these languages.  Some languages have relatively large populations of native speakers but are used almost exclusively in a few countries.  On the other hand, other languages have relatively small populations of native speakers but are used in many different countries as an official or national language.\n\nThe Summer Institute for Linguistics (SIL) Ethnologue Survey (1999) lists the following as the top languages by population:\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Chinese* (937,132,000)\n   2. Spanish (332,000,000)\n   3. English (322,000,000)\n   4. Bengali (189,000,000)\n   5. Hindi/Urdu (182,000,000)\n   6. Arabic* (174,950,000)\n   7. Portuguese (170,000,000)\n   8. Russian (170,000,000)\n   9. Japanese (125,000,000)\n  10. German (98,000,000)\n  11. French* (79,572,000)\n\n* The totals given for Chinese, Arabic, and French include more than one SIL variety.\n\nThe following list is from Dr. Bernard Comrie’s article for the Encarta Encyclopedia (1998):\n(number of native speakers in parentheses)\n\n   1. Mandarin Chinese (836 million)\n   2. Hindi (333 million)\n   3. Spanish (332 million)\n   4. English (322 million)\n   5. Bengali (189 million)\n   6. Arabic (186 million)\n   7. Russian (170 million)\n   8. Portuguese (170 million)\n   9. Japanese (125 million)\n  10. German (98 million)\n  11. French (72 million)\n\nThe following list is from Geo
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not many, I would think.   too few\n\n:> peace
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if u mean my native so its arabic ..\n\nand i know 3 languages too ..\nfrench and spanish ...and sure english ...\n\ngood luck for u if u want to learn new one :)
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i think it depends on your operating system. your windows must have arabic support.
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We should encourage more kids in high school to start taking Arabic.  If they use Arabic, some kid in America will read and report it.
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yes if u can speak arabic
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People can speak whatever language they want.  Just don't expect the Americans who speak English to change.  I think it'd be like going to France and forcing them to speak English.
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At the rate thing are going we all might have to learn arabic. What do you think.
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I think that Egyptian is the most widely understood dialect among native Arabic speakers, because of the dominance of Egyptian Movies, songs etc. on the Arabic channels.\n\nThe most difficult “I think” to us “I’m from the Arabian <or Persian> gulf” would be the one from Morocco some times we fund it difficult to understand what they are saying.
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No, but there are about 10 million Christians Arabs who live inside the Arab countries bro.
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USA of course. Otherwise we'd already be speaking arabic.
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I believe it was in excess of 500,000.  Bush is only up to 2,000+ Americans and 100,000+ Iraqis (mostly civilian)