Arabic, a great language, has a low profile

Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by Pharmakon on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:27AM (#18298542)

Plus you get the influence of colonial powers like France in North Africa. Tunisian for example is... challenging if you come at it from the perspective of something like Kuwaiti Arabic.

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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by dbkahn on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:42AM (#18298580)

Yep, here's a post game football match interview with live translation across three Arabic dialects: https://twitter.com/haythamx/status/1040904833929289728?s=21

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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by amasad on Thursday October 25, 2018 @12:51AM (#18298615)

Certainly. In Jordan, 5-10% of our words, when we're speaking Arabic that is, is English.

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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by _shadi on Thursday October 25, 2018 @03:39AM (#18299178)

This morning someone shared with me an article on cnbc that a guy and a girl from Jordan raised 4.5 million and now I see you here, congratulations :)

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Re:Arabic, a great language, has a low profile by amasad on Thursday October 25, 2018 @04:10AM (#18299309)

haha only on HN. And thank you!

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