Original sentence: Arabic has been described by Salikoko Mufwene as a world language—albeit a second-tier one after English and French due to limited use as a lingua franca—on the grounds that is a liturgical language amongst Muslim communities worldwide.Beyond that, there is no academic consensus about which languages qualify; Arabic, French, Russian, and Spanish are other possible world languages
Edited sentence: Arabic has been described by Salikoko Mufwene as a world language—albeit a second-tier one after English and French due to limited use as a lingua franca—on the grounds that Classical Arabic is a liturgical language amongst Muslim communities worldwide.Beyond that, there is no academic consensus about which languages qualify; French, Modern Standard Arabic, Russian, and Spanish are other possible world languages