Basa Arab (basa Arab: العَرَبِيَّة al-ʻarabiyyah [ʔal.ʕa.ra.ˈbij.jah]) inggih punika basa sané masoroh basa-basa Semit Tengah. Linguis makéh sané cumpu, yéning basa Arab mawit saking abad ka-1 ngantos nganti ka-4 SM[5]. Ngantos rahinané mangkin, basa punika sampun dados lingua franca ring makasami jagat Arab.[6]
↑Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Basa Arab". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
↑Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG, Berlin/Boston, 2011