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.
Tunus'un Mağrip Arapçası. Ünlü düşmeleri, zengin bir Fransızca ve İtalyanca alıntı seti ve günlük Arapça çeşitleri arasında alışılmadık bir yazılı edebî gelenekle dikkat çeker.