text: Based on Classical Arabic , Modern Standard Arabic ( Ù Ø Ø Ù fuá # á Ä ) is the literary language used in most current , printed Arabic publications , spoken by the Arabic media across North Africa and the Middle East , and understood by most educated Arabic speakers . `` Literary Arabic '' and `` Standard Arabic '' are less strictly defined terms that may refer to Modern Standard Arabic or Classical Arabic .
simplified: It is written with the Arabic alphabet .