Features of the Arabic language

Abstract

The Arabic language refers to the language in which the heritage of the inhabitants of the heart and north of the Arabian Peninsula was recorded during the pre-Islamic era. It is the language in which the Quran was revealed and where religious and literary artifacts have been documented from the time of revelation until today. Although Arabic is very ancient, the oldest source we have associated with it is arguably the Quran.

Arabic as a spoken language and in some literary artifacts that have reached us indicates that it is a mixture of several ancient Arabic languages and dialects that embraced within Islam two well-known groups: Eastern or Tamimi Arabic and Western or Hijazi (or Quraishi) Arabic. In the Eastern group, we find traces of ancient Eastern Arabic languages like Akkadian, while in the Western group, we notice the influence of Canaanite and Southern Arabian languages.