The Arab Language History
Arabic belongs to the Semitic family of languages, which also includes Hebrew, Syriac, Aramaic, and several languages of Ethiopia, such as the Amharic and the Tigrinya. Arabic and Hebrew are the only...
View ArticleThe Arabic Calligraphy
Arabic is written from right to left, like other Semitic scripts, and consists of 17 characters, which, with the addition of dots placed above or below certain of them, provide the 28 letters of the...
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Great external link. Use www.ectaco.com to translate Arabic to English and vice/versa. If you are traveling to an Arabic country, we highly recommend Language Teacher by Ectaco. They make dictionaries...
View ArticleThe Classic Types of the Arabic Script
Broadly speaking, there were two distinct scripts in the early centuries of Islam: cursive script and Kufic script. For everyday purposes a cursive script was employed: typical examples are to be seen...
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