Arabic (ar)

Complete reference for the ar locale — live Intl API output, CLDR plural rules, and framework config snippets.

Referencia de la locale

Metadatos de la locale

Código BCP 47ar

Nombre nativoالعربية

Nombre en inglésArabic

Idiomaar

RegiónNinguna (locale base)

EscrituraArab

Dirección del textoDe derecha a izquierda (RTL)

Categorías de plural CLDRzero, one, two, few, many, other

Hablantes estimados~420,000,000

Intl API Live Output

DateTimeFormat

Short18‏/10‏/2026

Medium18‏/10‏/2026

Long18 أكتوبر 2026

Fullالأحد، 18 أكتوبر 2026

NumberFormat

Decimal1,234,567.89

Currency (USD)‏9.99 US$

Percent75‎%‎

Compact1.2 مليون

RelativeTimeFormat

قبل 3 أيام

Output for: -3 days ago

ListFormat

apples وoranges وbananas

Conjunction list: apples, oranges, bananas

CLDR Plural Rules

Categories supported by ar: zero, one, two, few, many, other

zeroExample number: 0

→ zero

oneExample number: 1

→ one

twoExample number: 2

→ two

fewExample number: 3

→ few

manyExample number: 11

→ many

otherExample number: 100

→ other

Framework Config Snippets

next-intl

// next-intl configuration
// next.config.ts
import createNextIntlPlugin from 'next-intl/plugin';
const withNextIntl = createNextIntlPlugin();
export default withNextIntl({});

// i18n/routing.ts
import { defineRouting } from 'next-intl/routing';
export const routing = defineRouting({
  locales: ['ar', 'en'],
  defaultLocale: 'en',
});

react-intl

// react-intl configuration
import { IntlProvider } from 'react-intl';
import messages from './messages/ar.json';

function App() {
  return (
    <IntlProvider locale="ar" messages={messages}>
      {/* your app */}
    </IntlProvider>
  );
}

i18next

// i18next configuration
import i18n from 'i18next';
import { initReactI18next } from 'react-i18next';

i18n
  .use(initReactI18next)
  .init({
    lng: 'ar',
    fallbackLng: 'en',
    resources: {
      'ar': {
        translation: require('./locales/ar/translation.json'),
      },
    },
  });

export default i18n;