2008, Abdallah Nacereddine,To Be Oneself: The Tragicomedy of an Unfinished Life History,→ISBN, page342:
One day my UN students asked me, "Which is theArabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not anArab country!"
(ofnumerals) Expressed in ascript that was developed inArab lands (but is not always used in the Arabic language):0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
2012, Deborah Youdell, “Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, inIntersectionality and "Race" in Education,→ISBN, page202:
White chalk on the fascia board above theArabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".
1987 February 22, Dallas Williams, “Black, Gay and Red”, inGay Community News, volume14, number31, page 5:
I saw that in my workplace black co-workers had to unite withArabic and white workers just to be able to win better wages and working conditions and certainly to be able to win a strike.
The adjectiveArabic is commonly used in reference to language, and in traditional phrases such asArabic numeral orgum arabic. Its use is controversial and often deprecated in reference to people or countries, where the adjectiveArab is preferred.
A majorSemitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of theMiddle East and North Africa.
2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, inCNN[1]:
ClassicalArabic – the language of the Qur’an – will make you understood everywhere, but colloquialArabic may be more useful, because once the locals start conversing with each other, you’ll lose the plot.
We’d gone toArabic school as children and taken lessons in the summer holidays, and I still read the news inArabic, but it wasn’t like I practised reciting the written language any more, with its complex rhythms and grammatical structures.
2000 July 20, Topprolmc, “OT - I participated in an obscene act today!”, inrec.motorcycles.harley[2] (Usenet):
That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber thearabics.
2004 April 22, Peter T. Daniels, “Taiwanese and their language”, insoc.culture.china[3] (Usenet):
Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spokenArabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.
