Arabic Calligraphy

Arabic Calligraphy

Arabic belongs to the branch of Semitic languages and is therefore very closely related to Hebrew and the Aramaic language.

Arabic as a written language has been existing for more than 1500 years and its growth accelerated beyond mesaure when it became the central liturgical language of Islam and was spread westwards to Spain and East to India.

To distinguish contemporary Aarabic from the classic language of liturgy, the term Modern Standard Arabic is often used, especially in the Western world, as opposed to “Classical” Arabic”.

The Arabic alphabet ( ’abgadiyyah ‘arabiyyah) is based on the Aramaic script and like the Hebrew Alphabet it bears a close resemblance to its origin both in its visual and phonetic expression. But even its vocabulary is largely derived from the Aramaic source, thus enabling Arabic and Hebrew speakers to easily understand each other.

Arabic is currently spoken by about 225 million people on the planet, including all specific regional varieties and dialects.

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