Arabic, one of the six official languages of the UN, is the first official language of more than 300 million native speakers in 23 Arab states located in western Asia as well as northern and eastern Africa and is widely spread among the other one billion non-Arab Muslims all over the world. Arabic has been standing for over 2,000 years as a mature spoken natural language. However, the computerization of the Arabic language somewhat lags behind other major natural languages in the world today. Making language technologies and digital content available and accessible in Arabic boosts both the ... To read this entire article you must be a MultiLingual subscriber. For immediate access to the current issue, subscribe to the digital version. Already a subscriber?

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