nPostednon December 18, 2014
n
n
n
n
n
 |
| Written Arabic is just lovely! |
n
n
n
nOnnthis date in 1973, the Arabic language was adopted as one of thenofficial working languages of the United Nations.
n
n
n
n
n
nTherenare six “official working” languages adopted by the UnitednNations. At the bottom of this article, I will reveal the other five.nTry to guess what they are ahead of time!
n
n
n
n
Arabicnis one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world. There arenaround 290 million native Arabic speakers, which puts Arabic as #6,nbehind Mandarin, Spanish, English, Hindi, and Bengali. If you includenall the people who speak it as their second language, there are aboutn420 million Arabic speakers. Also, there are more than a billionnMuslims for whom Arabic is the language of their holy book, the Korann(Quran).
Arabicnis one of the most commonly spoken languages in the world. There arenaround 290 million native Arabic speakers, which puts Arabic as #6,nbehind Mandarin, Spanish, English, Hindi, and Bengali. If you includenall the people who speak it as their second language, there are aboutn420 million Arabic speakers. Also, there are more than a billionnMuslims for whom Arabic is the language of their holy book, the Korann(Quran).n
n
n
n
Anman named Sibawayh is considered one of the builders of the Arabnculture; he wrote a grammar book in which he reported and organizednthe grammatical rules of the language. People celebrating ArabicnLanguage Day could learn more about Sibawayh, or they could study upnon the language he codified.
Anman named Sibawayh is considered one of the builders of the Arabnculture; he wrote a grammar book in which he reported and organizednthe grammatical rules of the language. People celebrating ArabicnLanguage Day could learn more about Sibawayh, or they could study upnon the language he codified.n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nSincenArab scholars were so important to Europeans, back in the 8thnthrough 13th Centuries, English has a lot of words thatncome from the Arabic. Also, English often adopts words for clothingnitems, foods, and animals from the languages of the places wherenthose items are used or seen.
n
nSome of the words used in English thatnoriginated in Arabic include:
n
- n
-
nadmiral
n
-
nadobe
n
-
n
n
Arabic calligraphy is ESPEICALLY
lovely. Check out the picture made
from calligraphy:n
n
nalgebran
-
nalchemyn and chemistry
n
-
nalcohol
n
-
nalfalfa
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n(Many,n many words that start with the letters “A-L” come from Arabic, because al meansn “the” in Arabic).
n
- n
-
napricot
n
-
nartichoke
n
-
ncandy
n
-
ncheck
n
-
ndeciphern and cipher
n
-
nelixir
n
-
n
gauzen
-
nghoul
n
-
ngiraffe
n
-
nharem
n
-
nhummus
n
-
njar
n
-
njasmine
n
-
nlacquer
n
-
nlemon
n
-
nlime
n
-
nlute
n
-
nmacrame
n
-
nmagazine
n
-
nmonsoon
n
-
nmuslin
n
-
nnadir
n
-
norange
n
-
nream
n
-
nrookn (in chess)
n
-
nsafflower
n
-
nsafari
n
-
nsofa
n
-
nsugar
n
-
nsultan
n
-
nsyrup
n
-
ntalc
n
-
ntangerine
n
-
ntuna
n
-
ntyphoon
n
-
nzenith
n
-
nzero
n
nn
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nANSWERnTO THE QUESTION ABOVE:
n
nThensix official working languages of the United Nations are English,nSpanish, Mandarin (Chinese), Russian, French…and of course Arabic. n
n
n
n
n
n
nAlsonon this date:
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nNational Day in Qatar
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nRepublic Day in Niger
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nInternationalnMigrants Day
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nParticlenParty!
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nAnniversarynof the first panda in the U.S.
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nAnniversarynof the first performance of ThenNutcracker
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
n
nPlannahead:
n
n
n
nChecknout my Pinterest pages on:
n
- n
-
n
-
n
- Historicaln anniversaries in December
nn
n
n
n
nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
n
- n
-
n
-
nJanuaryn birthdays
n
-
n
n
n
n
n
n
