Muslims believe that
God revealed the
Holy Qur'an to the Prophet
Muhammad literally, word-for-word, in the
Arabic language. Thus, Arabic is regarded as the holy language of Islam.
Languages of major Muslim groups
However, there is no single "Muslim language" per se, as the faith of Muslims (that is, Islam) is shared by people of many different ethnicities and languages:
- The most populous "Muslim country" in the world is Indonesia. The CIA World Factbook 2000 lists languages as: [Bahasa Indonesia]? (official, modified form of Malay?), English, Dutch, local dialects, the most widely spoken of which is Javanese?.
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