The development of a language is not free from the influences of other languages. For example, as an official language, Indonesian language used by Indonesians, is not free from the influences of other languages, either local languages such as  Javanese language and Sundaness language or  foreign ones such as English and Arabic.It is within this context that this article aims at discussing contribution of  Arabic  to the development of Indonesian language.
                        
                        
                        
                        
                            
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