Dune’s Fremen Language is a calculated(?) masterpiece

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[Smoke-lcec]

My mom told me that the reason why there are dots and tachkil in our language not because of confusion. Arabs didn't have a single problem with that. It was for Non-arabs that had that confusion when learning Arabic. As for Arab borns they have no problem with their own language

[mshiv]

During the previous aggression on Gaza four years ago, social media platforms were banning Arabs from talking about the Palestine issue, mentioning it, or criticizing the occupation. They launched massive campaigns to close accounts. To circumvent this, users started writing in classical Arabic without dots to avoid detection and bans. Surprisingly, everyone was able to understand the text without dots without any problem.

[mome]

The dots and strikes were added for non Arab Muslims so they don’t mistake the recitation. Any arabian can read the scriptures without dots by understanding the meaning of the sentence. More over the Quran was delivered by reciting not writing.

[ayyylmao]

"I studied Arabic"
Hm...
" _Qur_ 'anic"
" _'Aa-_ li ibn Talib"
"Al-Fa- _raa-_ hidi"
OH, HE STUDIED ARABIC! :DDD

[وحيدكالقمر-كل]

0:24
"Because my love for you surpasses the level of words/speaking"

[ilyes.yacine]

إعجام جعل للعجم لأنهم كانوا يلحنون في القرآن

[QMarco]

واو ، الحمد لله شفت أجنبي مهتم بتعليم العربية عاليوتيوب

[alyaly]

This video was AMAZING. I actually thought you had thousands of subscribers, but was surprised to find you have less than a hundred. Too underrated. This channel has a bright future ahead of it, I’m sure of it.

PS: As an Arab, good job on your Arabic pronounciation. It was FLAWLESS!

[simonedarionardella]

The change back to pre-i3jām makes sense: Arabs could do without dots and vowel marks, but had to develop them for non-Arab converts to Islam. The Fremen are kind of isolated on Arrakis and nobody's particularly interested in their culture except for the sake of getting more spice until the Atreides get there. So Fremen can do with a simplified Arabic script. Although it was my understanding that they didn't actually speak Arabic except for some words. Was it Chakobsa or something else that they spoke?
Fremen are also only partially inspired by Arab (or Berber - not the same at all) bedouins. The story draws on a book about the Muslim Daghestani (or another Muslim population in the Caucasus or around there) resistance against the Russians. Those are not Arabs, though they are Muslims.

Nice video btw!

[Shawa_Skibidi]

Wow! You deserve a lot more attention this content is very high quality

[randlicious]

I've been speaking arabic my whole life and I literally thought you were a fluent speaker YOUR PRONOUNCIATION IS PERFECT !!

[dex_]

Hello! I just wanted to say, your video came up in y recommendations today, and while I have never studied Arabic, writings or culture, the enthusiasm you have in teaching here is infectious. Awesome video.

[mohirender]

The writing script of Arabic is genuinely so beautiful

[sinistersharkfish]

this is actually really thematic to the Dune universe. Shields made guns obsolete, so they devolved back to knives and swords. Human civilization spanned across such a large vastness of planets that they devolved back into feudalism to maintain order. It only makes sense that the language would devolve as well c:

[abc-erpk]

Keep going brother!! I have a feeling that this channel gon be big!

[NoMan-ppjq]

Bro this is your third video only and you are already producing top notch content! Amazing!
استمر في صنع هذا المحتوى الجميل 🌹

[ZeeAzman]

0:10 “…I thought it would be pretty interesting to share, and no one in my life wants to hear about it” dude, sammeee 😅

[reviathan]

There was this one comedic scene from a classic movie from Malaysia called Bujang Lapok. In it, the three protagonists went to school for reading. Since the movie was shot in the 60s, Malaysia used to use Arabic scriptures. So in that class, comedic hijinks occured when the teacher asked the students to read out the letters.

[thatsunnypoet]

Are you an Arab? Perfect pronunciation bro.

[secretsofdune]

Very nice, informative video about the elements of the Arabic language. Just a quick note. The Dune Encyclopaedia is not canon to the Dune books themselves (even though the author said it was fine, it didn't mean he approved every element of it and said that he might change a few things as he continued writing). It is interesting about the pre I'jam state of Chakobsa in it though. Congrats on how well this video has done! Well deserved.