There’s a saying among linguists that “a language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” A language with too many armies and navies?.> The Economist The Arabic of the Koran remained a prestigious and nearly unchanging standard throughout the Islamic world. This is what most Arabs consider “Arabic”. But all spoken languages change,…
There’s a saying among linguists that “a language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” A language with too many armies and navies?.> The Economist The Arabic of the Koran remained a prestigious and nearly unchanging standard throughout the Islamic world. This is what most Arabs consider “Arabic”. But all spoken languages change,…
There’s a saying among linguists that “a language is a dialect with an army and a navy.” A language with too many armies and navies?.> The Economist The Arabic of the Koran remained a prestigious and nearly unchanging standard throughout the Islamic world. This is what most Arabs consider “Arabic”. But all spoken languages change,…