Fusha
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Fuṣḥa is a collective term referring to the standardized, non-spoken varieties of the Arabic language, as opposed to the spoken varieties of Arabic. Many western scholars distinguish two common Fuṣḥa varieties: Classical Arabic, that used during the 6th and 7th centuries A.D., and Modern Standard Arabic, the variety used today. Despite the large historical gap between them, the two varieties remain largely intelligible, and MSA remains relatively uniform regardless of its place of origin. Thus, most Arabs consider the two varieties to be one.
