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Related to the Arabic language. quotations examples
One day my UN students asked me, "Which is the Arabic country where the best Arabic is spoken?" I quickly replied, "Bosnia." They exclaimed, "But Bosnia is not an Arab country!"
2008, Abdallah Nacereddine, To Be Oneself: The Tragicomedy of an Unfinished Life History, page 342
Of, from, or pertaining to Arab countries or cultural behaviour (see also Arab as an adjective). quotations examples
White chalk on the fascia board above the Arabic-food stall reads "Lebanon" and "Lebs rule".
2012, Deborah Youdell, “Intelligibility, agency and the raced–nationed–religioned subjects of education”, in Intersectionality and "Race" in Education, page 202
A major Semitic language originating from the Arabian peninsula, and now spoken natively (in various spoken dialects, all sharing a single highly conservative standardized literary form) throughout large sections of the Middle East and North Africa. examples
The Aramaic-derived alphabet used to write the Arabic, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, and Uyghur languages, among others. examples
plural Arabics
A variety of the Arabic language. quotations examples
Classic Arabic didn't "turn into" the various Arabic vernaculars. There is disagreement over whether the range of spoken Arabics all have a single ancestor (seems unlikely), but Classical Arabic is a somewhat artificial creation based on at least two dialects.
2004 April 22, Peter T. Daniels, “Taiwanese and their language”, in soc.culture.china (Usenet)
(proscribed) An Arab quotations examples
That's the majority of working N'Yawkers. Blacks and Hispanics outnumber the arabics.
2000 July 20, Topprolmc, “OT - I participated in an obscene act today!”, in rec.motorcycles.harley (Usenet)