diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index a3808e74..606b1ca8 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ Besides the numerical argument, there's two optional arguments.
 **lang:** The language in which to convert the number. Supported values are:
 
 * ``en`` (English, default)
+* ``ar`` (Arabic)
 * ``fr`` (French)
 * ``de`` (German)
 * ``es`` (Spanish)
diff --git a/num2words/__init__.py b/num2words/__init__.py
index ae864e74..69ad8dbf 100644
--- a/num2words/__init__.py
+++ b/num2words/__init__.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
+from . import lang_AR
 from . import lang_EN
 from . import lang_EN_GB
 from . import lang_EN_IN
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@
 
 
 CONVERTER_CLASSES = {
+    'ar': lang_AR.Num2Word_AR(),
     'en': lang_EN.Num2Word_EN(),
     'en_GB': lang_EN_GB.Num2Word_EN_GB(),
     'en_IN': lang_EN_IN.Num2Word_EN_IN(),
diff --git a/num2words/lang_AR.py b/num2words/lang_AR.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a43c9686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/num2words/lang_AR.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2003, Taro Ogawa.  All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Savoir-faire Linux inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301 USA
+
+from __future__ import division, unicode_literals, print_function
+from . import lang_EU
+
+class Num2Word_AR(lang_EU.Num2Word_EU):
+    def set_high_numwords(self, high):
+        max = 3 + 3*len(high)
+        for word, n in zip(high, range(max, 3, -3)):
+            self.cards[10**n] = word + "illion"
+
+    def setup(self):
+        self.negword = "سالب "
+        self.pointword = "فاصلة"
+        self.errmsg_nornum = "Only numbers may be converted to words."
+        self.exclude_title = ["و", "فاصلة", "سالب"]
+
+        self.mid_numwords = [(1000000, "مليون"),(1000, "ألف"), (100, "مئة"),
+                             (90, "تسعين"), (80, "ثمانين"), (70, "سبعين"),
+                             (60, "ستين"), (50, "خمسين"), (40, "أربعين"),
+                             (30, "ثلاثين")]
+        self.low_numwords = ["عشرين", "تسعة عشر", "ثمانية عشر", "سبعة عشر",
+                             "ستة عشر", "خمسة عشر", "أربعة عشر", "ثلاثة عشر",
+                             "اثناعشر", "أحد عشر", "عشرة", "تسعة", "ثمانية",
+                             "سبعة", "ستة", "خمسة", "أربعة", "ثلاثة", "اثنين",
+                             "واحد", "صفر"]
+        self.ords = { "واحد"    : "أول",
+                      "اثنين"    : "ثاني",
+                      "ثلاثة"  : "ثالث",
+                      "أربعة": "رابع",
+                      "خمسة"   : "خامس",
+                      "ثمانية"  : "ثامن",
+                      "تسعة"   : "تاسع",
+                      "اثناعشر" : "ثاني عشر" }
+
+
+    def merge(self, lpair, rpair):
+        ltext, lnum = lpair
+        rtext, rnum = rpair
+        if lnum == 1 and rnum < 100:
+            return (rtext, rnum)
+        elif 100 > lnum > rnum :
+            return ("%s و%s"%(rtext, ltext), rnum + lnum)
+        elif lnum >= 100 > rnum:
+            return ("%s و %s"%(ltext, rtext), lnum + rnum)
+        elif rnum > lnum:
+            if lnum == 1 and rnum in [100, 1000, 1000000]:
+                return ("%s"%(rtext), rnum * lnum)
+            if lnum == 2 and rnum == 100:
+                return ("مئتين", rnum * lnum)
+            if lnum == 2 and rnum in [100, 1000]:
+                return ("%sين"%(rtext), rnum * lnum)
+            return ("%s %s"%(ltext, rtext), lnum * rnum)
+        return ("%s، %s"%(ltext, rtext), lnum + rnum)
+
+
+    def to_ordinal(self, value):
+        self.verify_ordinal(value)
+        outwords = self.to_cardinal(value).split(" ")
+        lastwords = outwords[-1].split("-")
+        lastword = lastwords[-1].lower()
+        try:
+            lastword = self.ords[lastword]
+        except KeyError:
+            lastword += ""
+        lastwords[-1] = self.title(lastword)
+        outwords[-1] = "،".join(lastwords)
+        return " ".join(outwords)
+
+
+    def to_ordinal_num(self, value):
+        self.verify_ordinal(value)
+        return "%s%s"%(value, self.to_ordinal(value)[-2:])
+
+
+    def to_year(self, val, longval=True):
+        if not (val//100)%10:
+            return self.to_cardinal(val)
+        return self.to_splitnum(val, hightxt="مئة", jointxt="و",
+                                longval=longval)
+
+    def to_currency(self, val, longval=True):
+        return self.to_splitnum(val, hightxt="ريال", lowtxt="هللة",
+                                jointxt="و", longval=longval, cents = True)
+
+
+n2w = Num2Word_AR()
+to_card = n2w.to_cardinal
+to_ord = n2w.to_ordinal
+to_ordnum = n2w.to_ordinal_num
+to_year = n2w.to_year
+
+def main():
+    for val in [ 1, 11, 12, 21, 31, 33, 71, 80, 81, 91, 99, 100, 101, 102, 155,
+             180, 300, 308, 832, 1000, 1001, 1061, 1100, 1500, 1701, 3000,
+             8280, 8291, 150000, 500000, 1000000, 2000000, 2000001,
+             -21212121211221211111, -2.121212, -1.0000100]:
+        n2w.test(val)
+    n2w.test(1325325436067876801768700107601001012212132143210473207540327057320957032975032975093275093275093270957329057320975093272950730)
+    for val in [1,120,1000,1120,1800, 1976,2000,2010,2099,2171]:
+        print(val, "is", n2w.to_currency(val))
+        print(val, "is", n2w.to_year(val))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/test_ar.py b/tests/test_ar.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b0f6e74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_ar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# encoding: UTF-8
+# Copyright (c) 2013, Savoir-faire Linux inc.  All Rights Reserved.
+
+# This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+# modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+# version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+# This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+# Lesser General Public License for more details.
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+# License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston,
+# MA 02110-1301 USA
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+
+from num2words import num2words
+
+TEST_CASES_CARDINAL = (
+    (1, 'واحد'),
+    (2, 'اثنين'),
+    (11, 'أحد عشر'),
+    (12, 'اثناعشر'),
+    (20, 'عشرين'),
+    (21, 'واحد وعشرين'),
+    (26, 'ستة وعشرين'),
+    (30, 'ثلاثين'),
+    (67, 'سبعة وستين'),
+    (70, 'سبعين'),
+    (100, 'مئة'),
+    (101, 'مئة و واحد'),
+    (199, 'مئة و تسعة وتسعين'),
+    (203, 'مئتين و ثلاثة'),
+    (1000, 'ألف'),
+    (1001, 'ألف و واحد'),
+    (1097, 'ألف و سبعة وتسعين'),
+    (1000000, 'مليون'),
+    (1000001, 'مليون و واحد'),
+)
+
+TEST_CASES_ORDINAL = (
+    (1, 'أول'),
+    (8, 'ثامن'),
+    (12, 'ثاني عشر'),
+    (100, 'مئة'),
+)
+
+class Num2WordsARTest(TestCase):
+
+    def test_number(self):
+        for test in TEST_CASES_CARDINAL:
+            self.assertEqual(num2words(test[0], lang='ar'), test[1])
+
+    def test_ordinal(self):
+        for test in TEST_CASES_ORDINAL:
+            self.assertEqual(
+                num2words(test[0], lang='ar', ordinal=True),
+                test[1]
+            )