DangerDave2010 wrote:Next they will say that there are no Arabic dialects...
Funny. My coworker who took college in Egypt just said something along this line to me today.
DangerDave2010 wrote:Next they will say that there are no Arabic dialects...
Ogrim wrote:For those who read French, here is an interesting, longish article called Le libanais n'est pas un dialecte arabe (Lebanese is not an Arabic dialect). Basically the author claimes that Lebanese is not descending from Arabic, but should be considered a Semitic dialect/language descending from some proto-Semitic language and having evolved independently of other Semitic languages, including Arabic.
I have no idea whether this claim/theory is correct or not, but anyone more advanced in Arabic and Levantine dialects may have a view on the authors arguments.
cjareck wrote:Since I am learning both Hebrew and Arabic (https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... =15&t=8589), I would like to join the Team Middle East. Is it possible?
ancient forest wrote:Lately, I have been reading BBC news article in Arabic. I don't think those articles are much harder than the books I have for media Arabic, but it is more interesting since it is dealing with current events. I briefly took a look at al-Jazeera newspaper too, but I have not read it enough to compare it with the BBC. Are there any other Arabic newspapers that you would recommend checking out?
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