Standard Arabic -its Historical and Originality- (In the light of Modern Linguistic Sciences)

Abstract

Abstract

Classical Arabic was originated in the family of Semitic languages as a result of the mixing among the languages of peoples lived in the Arabian Peninsula. Nobody knows the exact time of its emergence. We had some knowledge by some stone monuments and oral histories that there were in the south and north of the island some distinct languages. Some of their images remained for us that were seen sometimes in some Arabic dialects later in the aspects of their expression, derivation and synonymous words. The age of this classical Arabic is mentioned by al-Jāḥiẓ in his book: “The Animal”, which is between 150-200 years before Islam.

The first advantage of the classical Arabic is that it is the language of Qur'an. The language of Qur'an has the highest degree of eloquence and the statement. Every word of its verses used for the expressions is the most eloquent. The second advantage is that it is the language of Ḥadith: (the words spoken by Muḥammad the prophet), as he said: "I am the most eloquent among the Arabs and Non-Arabs, but I am one of the Quraish tribe". The third advantage is related to the linguistic aspect as it is the most powerful language in the world, as it lives an impact on the soul as being the strongest one in its rhetorical statement. Arabic grammar also is a broad and more comprehensive, as it includes every linguistic feature while there is not any rule for the masculine and feminine in many languages of the nations in the world. One of those advantages is mentioned here, that every word is made up of a substance containing three characters, though if the word is verb, it branches out into several sections and derivatives. As well as it is a richest literary language.