The Arabic Language: The Epic Story of Kings, Poets, and Scholars

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⏱ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:19 - What is Arabic?
2:05 - Old Arabic
4:28 - How the Language Spread
5:26 - Classical Arabic
8:02 - Modern Standard Arabic
10:13 - The Nahda
11:53 - The Dialects
13:38 - Alphabet and Writing
18:23 - Pronunciation
19:17 - A World of Synonyms
20:24 - Grammar Basics
23:16 - Beautiful Vocabulary
24:13 - Influence of Arabic
24:53 - How Hard is Arabic to Learn?

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The Origins of Arabic

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Arabic Dialects - Which Arabic dialect to learn?

HOW TO SAY "A LOT" IN 10 DIFFERENT ARAB COUNTRIES! INTRODUCTION TO ARABIC DIALECTS!

Can you guess the Arabic dialect?

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Arabic for Beginners - Alphabet - Lesson 1

How to read Arabic without "Harakaat" (Vowels)

10 MOST DIFFICULT ARABIC WORDS TO PRONOUNCE!

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“Sultan from arabian nights” by René Bull is licensed under Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

[AzizSdiri]

Thank god I was born in an arab country.. I can't imagine learning arabic as a foreigner, respect to those who did it!

[sadhbh]

Just took trips to Jordan and Egypt this year to practice my Arabic. I'm only a beginner but it's a very beautiful language. My teacher is Palestinian, free Palestine x

[tryjustbe]

Correction there 10:00 all arabs grow up learning MSA and their dialect. The MSA is taught in schools and dialects at home! We start learning reading and writing in MSA not a dialect.

[originedz]

I am from Algeria, and we grew up with literary Arabic at school, but we mostly learned to understand the dialects of other countries through Egyptian films, Syrian and Lebanese series, and cartoons dubbed thanks to the largest Lebanese dubbing studio. People don't realize it, but it's one of, if not the best, languages in the world

[jeremyhodge]

Arabic is a language of pure beauty 😁👌💯

[sophiaisabelle]

The Arabic language has its complexities. We love learning the histories behind various languages and dialects all over the world on this channel.

[rollizle]

I'm Jewish and learned Hebrew as a kid in school. I got into language learning in 2021 when in Covid and I started reviving my Hebrew after not speaking it for 18 years. I'm learning Modern Standard Arabic now and the similarities to Hebrew constantly blow my mind, such beautiful languages.

[mustafabader]

English letters called alpha-b-et in Arabic the letters start with Alpha أ -ba ب
ta ت . The Arabic is the origin

[GunnerEshzurale-phbc]

Arabic influence even reached south east asia. I'm from Tausug tribe in Philippines. When I was a kid, I saw a notebook of my grandma written in arabic but if you read it, it's our dialect (Tausug). In Philippines we have this "NG" sound. Guess how it's written (note that NG is not available in arabic)? They use the Ain/Ghain letter but with 3 dots on top, don't tell me it's not cool. Haha

[william_shakespeare]

Brilliantly put together! Thank you shedding light on the Arabic learning journey. Hoping this motivates many people to learn our beautiful language ❤️

[jmwild]

So beautiful! Definitely going to learn Arabic. I've only ever heard native speakers at airports, but when that intercom comes on, it might as well be a Bedouin reading poetry, the way the lilt falls on my ears!

[Nasserist]

I am Arab and I speak standard Arabic in every day life because I choose to, and everyone understands me.
People just don't speak standard Arabic so much because dialects are the common thing to use.

[gonxhunter]

Bruv you got 1 BIG thing misunderstood. We don't speak classical arabic in our daily life but we almost all know perfectly how to speak it because Quran is in classical arabic and we read and memorize the Quran. So if you learn classical Arabic everyone will understand you. The other day I met a muslim from somalia and we spoke perfectly in Arabic because he didn't understand my dialect.

[omarsalkamusic]

I was studying Arabic for a long time and thoroughly enjoyed learning; I recently switched to Spanish for work purposes. Great video. In my experience the english speakers who attempted to learn Arabic struggled.

[GreatMisterE]

Its so intimidating and difficult in my experience because of its complexity and just being totally different from any other one I know, but I hope to learn it one day after all. Thank you for shining so much light on one of the most incredible languages full of beauty and wisdom.

[عبدالله-نهص]

I advise everyone to learn the Arabic language for many reasons because it is an important language in understanding world politics and in understanding the rich archeology of the Arab world and in trade because the emerging Arab countries are growing their economy strongly and in literature because the Arabic language is the richest language in the world in terms of poetry and aesthetics because the Arabs were the most poetic and eloquent people in the world And in understanding ancient history from an Arab perspective, as well as important in the study of comparative religions because the Arabic language is the language of the Qur’an and the hadith of the Prophet, and they are the two books that Muslims depend on in understanding their religion.

[AbdelhafidEcharadi]

Man, I personally thank you for your effort in making this illuminating video about the holly language.

[jamesmartin]

Your Arabic book of short stories is excellent. And then it seems you set Arabic aside. I am so exited that you are launching back into Arabic….please please please go beyond intermediate.

[amerbeyblader]

Actually, it's the quite opposite. When you speak standard Arabic you are more respected, no one will look at you with weird looks or think you are funny. Standard Arabic is almost, literally, in every single thing in our lives. Even when we speak our dialects we use standard Arabic a lot even with our close ones.
Advise: If you are planning to learn Arabic, please do not learn a dialect before The standard Arabic because your pronunciation, spelling, and speaking skills will be all either incorrect or limited to a certain community, and whatever you write in a dialect will be incorrect and informal because the Arabic dialects are not written, they are just spoken.
Or you can easily just stick to standard Arabic. You will find no problems in communication or writing because almost all Arabs speak and understand Standard Arabic.
I like your videos and I appreciate you putting the effort to inform and teach people about Arabic and its History 👍

[SENSO_X]

Your vids about Arabian language is super fun to watch, am Arabian myself and learned new things tbh 😅