Am I Supposed To Learn Arabic?
One of my friends (Chinese), who majored in Arabic (MSA) at university, has been working at a Chinese company in UAE (Dubai) for over 3 years. My major wasn't Arabic, and as yet I've known nothing about it. My 2nd foreign language is either Japanese or Korean (stopped learning it for private reasons), my 3rd may be 1 or 2 of Italian, French, Br.Portuguese and Spanish, and I'm hesitating for a 4th language between Arabic and German (not Russian). Should I choose to learn Arabic if I'm not going to UAE to make a living or do some business with Arabic people. Which kind of Arabic should I start with from scratch? MSA or Gulf Arabic? Frankly, I love German as much as Japanese, Italian, French, or Arabic, and it would be almost impossible for me to give enough attention to both Arabic and German one after another, mainly because it would be a wastage of time and energy to some extent. Would anyone like to give me some advice please? Thanks!
العربية أكبر لغات المجموعة السامية من حيث عدد المتحدثين، وإحدى أكثر اللغات انتشارًا في العالم، يتحدثها أكثر من 422 مليون نسمة،1 ويتوزع متحدثوها في المنطقة المعروفة باسم الوطن العربي، بالإضافة إلى العديد من المناطق الأخرى المجاورة كالأهواز وتركيا وتشاد ومالي والسنغال وإرتيريا وللغة العربية أهمية قصوى لدى أتباع الديانة الإسلامية، فهي لغة مصدري التشريع الأساسيين في الإسلام: القرآن الكريم، والأحاديث النبوية المروية عن النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا تتم الصلاة عبادات أخرى في الإسلام إلا بإتقان بعض من كلمات هذه اللغة

Ру́сский язы́к — один из восточнославянских языков, один из крупнейших языков мира, в том числе самый распространённый из славянских языков и самый распространённый язык Европы, как географически, так и по числу носителей языка как родного (хотя также значительная и географически бо́льшая часть русского языкового ареала находится в Азии).Русский язык является единственным государственным языком России. Указом президента РФ № 1488 от 29 декабря 2006 2007 год был объявлен Годом русского языка, в рамках которого проводились культурно-просветительские, научные и образовательные мероприятия,

Arabic & Cyrillic alphabet. Which kind of alphabet do you prefer? Which one seems more beautiful?

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Am I Supposed To Learn Arabic?
One of my friends (Chinese), who majored in Arabic (MSA) at university, has been working at a Chinese company in UAE (Dubai) for over 3 years. My major wasn't Arabic, and as yet I've known nothing about it. My 2nd foreign language is either Japanese or Korean (stopped learning it for private reasons), my 3rd may be 1 or 2 of Italian, French, Br.Portuguese and Spanish, and I'm hesitating for a 4th language between Arabic and German (not Russian). Should I choose to learn Arabic if I'm not going to UAE to make a living or do some business with Arabic people. Which kind of Arabic should I start with from scratch? MSA or Gulf Arabic? Frankly, I love German as much as Japanese, Italian, French, or Arabic, and it would be almost impossible for me to give enough attention to both Arabic and German one after another, mainly because it would be a wastage of time and energy to some extent. Would anyone like to give me some advice please? Thanks! 
العربية أكبر لغات المجموعة السامية من حيث عدد المتحدثين، وإحدى أكثر اللغات انتشارًا في العالم، يتحدثها أكثر من 422 مليون نسمة،1 ويتوزع متحدثوها في المنطقة المعروفة باسم الوطن العربي، بالإضافة إلى العديد من المناطق الأخرى المجاورة كالأهواز وتركيا وتشاد ومالي والسنغال وإرتيريا وللغة العربية أهمية قصوى لدى أتباع الديانة الإسلامية، فهي لغة مصدري التشريع الأساسيين في الإسلام: القرآن الكريم، والأحاديث النبوية المروية عن النبي محمد صلى الله عليه وسلم، ولا تتم الصلاة عبادات أخرى في الإسلام إلا بإتقان بعض من كلمات هذه اللغة

Ру́сский язы́к — один из восточнославянских языков, один из крупнейших языков мира, в том числе самый распространённый из славянских языков и самый распространённый язык Европы, как географически, так и по числу носителей языка как родного (хотя также значительная и географически бо́льшая часть русского языкового ареала находится в Азии).Русский язык является единственным государственным языком России. Указом президента РФ № 1488 от 29 декабря 2006 2007 год был объявлен Годом русского языка, в рамках которого проводились культурно-просветительские, научные и образовательные мероприятия,

Arabic & Cyrillic alphabet. Which kind of alphabet do you prefer? Which one seems more beautiful?

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Don't study German, and think well how would you use Arabic!

Study French or/and Italian, because you will get more value from knowing and using them.

If you decide to study Arabic, start from MSA.

A good place to start learning MSA is at ArabAcademy.com

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in germany they all speak english as a second language and i think you dont have problems with english , in the other hand there is 22 arabic country with a different policy which means that in algeria we speak franch as a second language, in libya they speak italien as a second, in  Egypt they speak english as a second 
if you spoke english in germany they will understand you 
if you spoke english with an arabic maybe he will not understand you well
so the best way is to learn arabic and you should learn classical arabic beause we all use it in news channels, magazines, books ....
i have a lot of chinese friends and they speak it very well

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Ultimately you will have to make your own mind if you want to learn Arabic or not. Language teachers tell me that it takes 80 to 88 weeks (roughly a year in the classroom full-time and a year in-country) to get to a level 3 on a 5-point scale in Modern Standard Arabic, but there's a twist. MSA has about the same role in the Arab world that Latin had in medieval Europe: It's the language of writing, religion, and formal speeches, but it is no one's native spoken language any more. Arabic has long since become a series of "dialects," which are actually more like separate languages, as many varieties are mutually incomprehensible. Arabic spoken in Morocco is as different from Arabic spoken in Egypt and from Modern Standard as French is from Spanish and Latin. When Arabs from different regions talk to each other, they improvise a mix of Egyptian Arabic (which is understood widely because of Egypt's movie industry), Modern Standard, and a bit of their own dialects. Good luck with whatever you choose.

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