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Very few words have Arabic origin in the Levant States of Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and part of west Turkey
Posted on: May 3, 2017
Levantine vocabulary, 80% of words used in conversation (Zipf). Very few words have Arabic origin (conflations).pic.twitter.com/eL1j8U1wZi
NassimNicholasTaleb @nntaleb 11 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
Much of the similarities between Levantine and Arabic come from Aramaic loan words into Arabic, particularly religious ones @seize_the_dave
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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