Learning Arabic
Arabic is spoken by a large number of people throughout the world. One of the most obvious obstacles to many newcomers to studying Arabic is the alphabet. It is spoken in large part throughout the Middle East and much of North Africa. It’s somewhat of a misnomer to think of the Arabic Language as a monolithic language though. There are many that consider Arabic a macrolanguage with 27 sub-languages. It is the official language of 35 countries.
The most widely understood branch or dialect of Arabic is Egyptian Arabic which is spoken by around 76 million native speakers. Next is Maghrebi Arabic which includes Morroco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. This dialect is spoken by around 60 million people, but is not understood by Arabic speakers to the East. Levantine Arabic is spoken by around 30 million people in Syria, Jordan, the Palestinian territories and Lebanon. Gulf Arabic is spoken by about 34 million people in the Gulf states and parts of Saudi Arabia.
Even though there are distinct differences among the different Arabic dialects Egyptian Arabic is fairly widely understood throughout the Arabic speaking world due in large part to the prominence of Egyptian based media in the region.
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MCPS to offer Arabic language classes – Montana’s News Station
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MCPS to offer Arabic language classes
Montana’s News Station … after the US Department of Education awarded Missoula County Public Schools over $700000 in grant money to bring the Arabic language into schools. … Grant to add Arabic language courses to MCPS middle, high schools UM, Missoula schools win grant to offer Arabic classes Missoula schools to add Arabic to class list | KXNet.com North … |
‘Wake up, America’ – Houghton Lake resorter
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'Wake up, America'
Houghton Lake resorter Most nations have a national language. Unfortunately, we do not. Since your ancestors and mine had to learn English to assimilate, we assumed that English … |
Eton Institute Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Power Tutoring: – Al-Bawaba
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Eton Institute Signs Memorandum of Understanding with Power Tutoring:
Al-Bawaba Apart from English and Arabic language courses it also offers courses in 17 other languages at the institute, software and online courses in over a 100 … |
Iran Guards warn of Quds Day crackdown – AFP
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Iran Guards warn of Quds Day crackdown
AFP … that I always deliver the sermon on this day after 30 years," Rafsanjani said in an interview with state television's Al-Alam Arabic-language channel. … Powerful Iranian cleric barred from delivering Quds Day prayers Ahmadinejad, cleric to address pro-Palestinian march |
Brazil Wants to Learn Arabic – Islam Online
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Brazil Wants to Learn Arabic
Islam Online BRASILIA â Learning the Arabic language is gaining significant momentum in Brazil, where more and more people are keen to … |
BBC considers Arabic-language production – DigitalProductionME.com
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BBC considers Arabic-language production
DigitalProductionME.com … Channels has admitted that commercial success in the Middle East would prompt the broadcaster to invest in creating Arabic language content locally. … |
Boren Scholars Named For Language, Culture Pursuits – Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events
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Boren Scholars Named For Language, Culture Pursuits
Georgetown University News, Calendars & Events … study this fall at the University of Jordan in Amman, through the Council on International Education and Exchange's Arabic language and culture program. … |
BOOK REVIEW: Miracle of language in Quran âby Robert B Reich – Daily Times
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BOOK REVIEW: Miracle of language in Quran âby Robert B Reich
Daily Times They were renowned for their magical practices No one has studied the Arabic language better than the Arabs in history. In the field of etymology they have … |
Dave Davies: Student air passenger handcuffed to echoes of 9/11 fears – Philadelphia Inquirer
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Dave Davies: Student air passenger handcuffed to echoes of 9/11 fears
Philadelphia Inquirer He was learning to translate the Arabic-language news network Al Jazeera. "I understand I might warrant a second look," George told me. … |
Yahoo to buy Arabic web site Maktoob – Bizjournals.com
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Yahoo to buy Arabic web site Maktoob
Bizjournals.com Yahoo Inc. agreed to buy Arabic language web site Maktoob.com for an undisclosed price. Maktoob, based in Amman, Jordan, is most popular in Egypt, … Yahoo Takes on Middle East With Maktoob Acquisition Yahoo! Buys Arab Web Portal as Part of Middle East Expansion Yahoo! extends reach into Arab world with Maktoob buy |
