Very few words have Arabic origin in the Levant States of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and part of west Turkey

Posted by: adonis49 on: May 3, 2017

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 Very few words have Arabic origin in the Levant States of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria

 

NassimNicholasTaleb ‏@nntaleb Jan 11

Levantine vocabulary, 80% of words used in conversation (Zipf). Very few words have Arabic origin (conflations).pic.twitter.com/eL1j8U1wZi

NassimNicholasTaleb ‏@nntaleb 11h11 hours ago

Arab “nationalists” believe and spread this misconception that people in the Levant had NO language before the Arabs showed up. In fact it is Arabic that changed and got richer from the input and import from the local languages. Especially, urban terms of far more complex social structures and interactions

 NassimNicholasTaleb ‏@nntaleb 10h10 hours ago

Much of the similarities between Levantine and Arabic come from Aramaic loan words into Arabic, particularly religious ones @seize_the_dave

 NassimNicholasTaleb ‏@nntaleb 9h9 hours ago

Words such as “syrup” or “sorbet” that come from Arabic actually have Aramaic roots SRB: parched (to offset)pic.twitter.com/uwnqqjgsXo

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