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The book provides a general overview of the Arabic language, with its history and main structures (writing system, phonology, morphology). A special attention is given to the sociolinguistic situation of the Arab world, explaining the differences and the interactions between the varieties of Arabic, and the scientific interpretations of phenomena like diglossia, triglossia, and so on.