Arabic became a dead language because Arabized people of the Middle East and Africa could practically not understand texts read out loud and nobody could perfectly write classical Arabic .
Thus , Arabic became a dead language since `` the Arabized people of Middle East and Africa could almost no longer understand texts that were read aloud or recited to them before and no one can write Classical Arabic perfectly , '' i.e . Arabic had ceased to be a first language and became a foreign language that had to be learned .
Classical Arabic