The codified supra-regional standard used across the Arab world in education, media, literature, and formal speech. Derived from Classical Arabic, it has no native speakers and no single regional home — it is acquired as a formal register layered above the spoken vernaculars. Cairo, as the historical center of Arabic publishing, broadcasting, and scholarship, serves as its conventional locus.
L'arabe maghrébin du Maroc, avec un substrat berbère important et de nombreux emprunts au français et à l'espagnol. Suffisamment distinct de l'arabe machrékien pour fonctionner comme une langue quotidienne distincte.