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The writer most likely count the moslem population. Most moslem don't speak arabic but they recite quran (written in arabic) daily. Most of them will notice if
by zakki 4y ago
The writer most likely count the moslem population. Most moslem don't speak arabic but they recite quran (written in arabic) daily. Most of them will notice if a ال written as ل ا
- jcranmer 4y agoEgypt has ~100 million people, the vast majority of whom are going to be native Arabic speakers. Algeria, Sudan, and Iraq also have ~40 million people each, again, most of whom are native Arabic speakers (of different varieties). Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen are no slouches either. In short 300 million native speakers of various Arabic languages is extremely plausible. FWIW, the usual estimate for worldwide adherents to Islam is ~1 billion.
- ask_b123 4y agoFWIW, I am not a muslim nor a native Arabic speaker but I "can read the Arabic alphabet to some degree". Though if your numbers are correct, 2 billion sounds way too high
- zakki 4y agoPEW Research and Wikipedia estimate are 1.9B. [1] https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/01/27/the-future-of-the-global-muslim-population/ https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2011/01/27/the-future-o... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_by_country
- IncRnd 4y agoThose estimates are not for Arabic readers or speakers. They are for Muslims or followers of Islam.