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.
Ett kluster av konservativa arabiska varieteter över hela Jemen. Anförs ofta som bevarare av drag nära klassisk arabiska som har förskjutits annorstädes.