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The official language which is being spoken throughout the country is Arabic. Modern colloquial Arabic is spoken in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan. Syria Language that is Arabic is the main language spoken widely in Syria. Arabic was adopted and spread over a large area of land during the seventeenth century. The language has deep roots going back to the ninth century BC, as it came along with the Assyrians. Some other languages were also related to this Arabic Language. To mention a few of these languages were Babylonian, Hittie, Hebrew and Aramean.
The Language of Syria was most probably written in the 2nd or the 3rd centuries by the Lakhmide tribe of Mesopotamia. Arabic language is quite different from the normal Latin or the German languages. The most interesting part of Arabic language is that unlike many other scripts, Arabic is written in a different alignment that is from right to the left.
Ugarit Language is only known from the writings of the lost city of Ugarit in Syria since it was discovered by the French archaeologists in the year 1928.
Spoken Arabic dialects vary widely from country to country, Syrian colloquial Arabic is one of the closest dialects to classical Arabic and is understood by most of the people of the Arab world.
Syria is a country where Arabic is mostly used by the entire population. Other languages such as English are not very widely used and are also not understood by the people here. Syrians prefer to stick to their very own language and most of the media circulations such as newspapers, radio, television etc broadcasting is done in Arabic language only.
But with the change of time and environment people are more prone or rather eager to learn English and other languages for their own convenience. Schools here teach English so that the future generations become more aware of the outside world and so that they don't remain confined within their mother tongue only.
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