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Yes Arabic from 1000 years ago is very much understandable today[1]. [1] https://fluentarabic.net/arabic-unchanged-1000-years/ https://fluentarabic.net/arabic-
by asabil 7mo ago
Yes Arabic from 1000 years ago is very much understandable today[1].
[1] https://fluentarabic.net/arabic-unchanged-1000-years/ https://fluentarabic.net/arabic-unchanged-1000-years/
- Bayart 7mo agoThe article doesn't expound on it, but it very much depends on what Arabic means to you. Depending on the answer, it's really a dozen different languages. I know people who only speak their own darija and classical literature is utterly obscure to them.
- asabil 7mo agoSorry to disagree, but no, they are not dozens of different languages. The challenge with Arabic is that it has a rather large vocabulary, and different regions use slightly different vocabularies. That being said, Darija, or rather North African Arabic is a messy mix of Arabic and Tamazight. Which can be difficult for Middle East Arabic speakers to understand. For reference, I speak Darija and understand both classical and modern Arabic. It would take me a few days to adapt my speech to other regional variations of arabic.
- Bayart 7mo agoWhat's your prior exposure to Classical and Standard Arabic ? The people I'm thinking about only have darija exposure without any formal education in Arabic and little exposure to pan-Arabic media.
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