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The 19 pages that link to Modern Standard Arabic, each with the reason it gives.

• Arabic languageBroader topic: It adapts the classical written norm for modern media, education, and public life.

• ArabicBroader topic: It is the principal formal variety used across Arabic-speaking countries today.

• Egyptian ArabicCompared with: It contrasts with Egyptian Arabic’s everyday speech and locally developed grammar.

• Arabic grammarRelated: It preserves much classical grammar while serving contemporary formal use.

• Classical ArabicCompared with: It continues the literary tradition but reflects modern vocabulary and usage.

• Arabic phonologyRelated: Its pronunciation conventions are often contrasted with everyday regional speech.

• Arab identityRelated: It offers a shared written standard across communities with different spoken dialects.

• Arabic diglossiaRelated: It is the principal contemporary formal variety contrasted with local colloquial speech.

• NahdaRelated: Nahda-era language work helped shape the modern written standard and its expanded vocabulary.

• Arab worldBroader topic: It enables cross-border communication where spoken dialects may differ substantially.

• Arabic dialectsCompared with: It contrasts with dialects in its formal domains and cross-regional standardization.

• Maghrebi ArabicCompared with: It serves formal settings where Maghrebi speakers commonly use a local variety in daily conversation.

• Levantine ArabicCompared with: It is the principal formal counterpart to Levantine varieties in many Arabic-speaking settings.

• Moroccan ArabicCompared with: It contrasts with Darija’s everyday use and its lack of a single standardized written form.

• Maltese languageCompared with: Maltese is historically related to Arabic but is not mutually intelligible with this modern standard.

• Sudanese ArabicCompared with: It contrasts with Sudanese Arabic’s everyday spoken forms and regional grammar.

• Tunisian ArabicCompared with: It contrasts with Tunisian Arabic's everyday spoken use and local grammar.

• Salah JahinCompared with: Jahin’s colloquial verse departed from the formal register commonly associated with literary poetry.

• Yusuf al-KhalRelated: Shiʿr’s modernist debate unfolded through literary Arabic while contesting inherited poetic norms.