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For example, Arabic loanwords represent 35% [4] to 46% [5] of the total vocabulary of the Kabyle language, and represent 51.7% of the total vocabulary of Tarifit. [6] Almost all Berber languages took from Arabic the pharyngeal fricatives /ʕ/ and /ħ/, the (nongeminated) uvular stop /q/, and the voiceless pharyngealized consonant /ṣ/. [7]
Arab dialectologists have now adopted a more detailed classification for modern variants of the language, which is divided into five major groups: Peninsular, Mesopotamian, Levantine, Egypto-Sudanic or Nile Valley (including Egyptian and Sudanese), and Maghrebi. [2] [10] These large regional groups do not correspond to borders of modern states.
South Sudan's secession from Arab-led Sudan in 2011 after a bloody civil war decreased Sudan's territory by almost half. Sudan is a member of the Arab League while South Sudan did not enter membership. Arabic also is not an official language of South Sudan. Arabization of Malays was criticized by Sultan Ibrahim Ismail of Johor. [108]
Along with the religion of Islam, the Arabic language, Arabic number system and Arab customs spread throughout the entire Arab caliphate. The caliphs of the Arab dynasty established the first schools inside the empire which taught Arabic language and Islamic studies for all pupils in all areas within the caliphate. The result was (in those ...
^4 Only used in Morocco to transliterate Spanish /t͡ʃ/. [16] ^5 Depending on the region, different letters may be used for the same phoneme. ^6 The dollar sign is only used in Jordan. ^7 This use for h is also found in Morocco. ^8 Capitalized D and T may be used in Lebanon. ^9 The number 8 is used for /ɣ/ only in Lebanon. ^10 Less common ...
Gulf Arabic or Khaleeji (خليجي Ḵalījī local pronunciation: [χɑˈliːdʒiː] or اللهجة الخليجية il-lahja il-Ḵalījīya, local pronunciation: [(ɪ)lˈlæhdʒæ lχɑˈliːdʒiːjæ]) is a variety of the Arabic language spoken in Eastern Arabia [2] around the coasts of the Persian Gulf in Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, southern Iraq, [3] eastern Saudi ...
However, the distinction between Arab and Ajam is discernible in pre-Islamic poetry. [7] According to the book Documents on the Persian Gulf's name [ citation needed ] the Arabs likewise referred to Iran and the Persian (Sassanian) Empire as Bilād Fāris ( Arabic : بلاد فارس ), which means "Lands of Persia", and using Bilād Ajam ...
[4] The official number of Arab and part-Arab descent in Indonesia was recorded since 19th century. The census of 1870 recorded a total of 12,412 Arab Indonesians (7,495 living in Java and Madura and the rest in other islands). By 1900, the total number of Arabs citizens increased to 27,399, then 44,902 by 1920, and 71,335 by 1930. [5]