The Origins of the Arabic Lauguage

The Arabic Language

The Arabic language is one of the worlds most widely used languages. It is spoken by almost two hundred million people in twenty-two countries. The countries range from Morocco to Iraq all the way south as Somalia and Sudan. In addition to these countries the language is also being used in other Non-Middle East/African countries that practice Islam. Islam is a religion that was originally written is Arabic. For a Muslim, one who practices Islam, the best way to understand the Qa’ran is in Arabic. The originals of the Arabic language have been highly debated, but there are a few facts that most scholars accept as universal truths.
The origins of Arabic go back all the way to the second millennium in the form of Aramaic script. From Aramaic the script language was modified into the familiar North Arabic via Nabatean script. The Nabatean people had b...