Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic languages, Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C ...
is the fastest-growing foreign language taught at U.S. colleges and universities, a trend mirrored at the
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public university, public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is org ...
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Arabic in 2006 became the 10th most-studied language in the United States.
In 2013, Arabic was ranked the 8th place on the list of enrollments in higher education in the USA.
Enrollments in Languages Other Than English in United States Institutions of Higher Education, Fall 2013 David Goldberg, Dennis Looney, and Natalia Lusin, Web publication, February 2015
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See also
*Arab American
Arab Americans ( ar, عَرَبٌ أَمْرِيكِا or ) are Americans of Arab ancestry. Arab Americans trace ancestry to any of the various waves of immigrants of the countries comprising the Arab World.
According to the Arab American Inst ...
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References
Arab-American culture
Arabic language
Immigrant languages of the United States
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