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19 - Arabic from c. 1800

from Part III - The Modern World: Continuing Traditions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2019

John Considine
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University of Alberta
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This chapter will cover the lexicography of the Arabic language(s) after 1800. Arabic is spoken by more than 200 million people – and as the (s) after language in the previous sentence indicates, there is not just one Arabic language. Considering Arabic means considering the different variants of the language: the classical language of the Qurʾān, called Classical Arabic; the mostly written (but also spoken) language of the present-day Arab world, called Modern Standard Arabic; and the spoken colloquial languages or dialects of the twenty-two countries where Arabic is the official language, as well as of countries such as Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and some areas in sub-Saharan Africa, where we find minority groups who speak varieties of Arabic.

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Print publication year: 2019

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