Select eight (8) of the following ten (10) terms and identify each in 2-3 sentences. Provide (1) the context of the term and (2) indicate why the term is significant for our understanding of Arabic culture. Diglossia Sykes-Picot Lahn Husayn Ibn Ali Language standardization Language codification Sorani Tifinagh Battle of Algiers Nahḍa
Select eight (8) of the following ten (10) terms and identify each in 2-3 sentences. Provide (1) the context of the term and (2) indicate why the term is significant for our understanding of Arabic culture.
- Diglossia
- Sykes-Picot
- Lahn
- Husayn Ibn Ali
- Language standardization
- Language codification
- Sorani
- Tifinagh
- Battle of Algiers
- Nahḍa
Diglossia is an old linguistic language in Arabic that arose during the spread of Islam. It refers to the existence and use of two or more types of Arabic languages in Arabic countries.
Sykes-Picot was a secret agreement or treaty held between the United Kingdom and France with assent from the Russian Empire and the kingdom of Italy on May 19, 1916. In this Treaty The Ottoman Empire, who ruled most of the Arab lands is to be divided into British and French spheres of influence with the conclusion of world war 1.
Husayn Ibn Ali was a grandson of Islamic Prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Talib who was the fourth Caliph and the first imam of Shia Muslim. He was born on 10 January, 626 and die on 10 October, 680. He was an important figure or Place in Islam and Arabic culture. He was a member of the AHL al- Bayt and AHL al- kisa. He was also the third Shia Imam.
Sorani is a language or Kurdish dialect which is spoken in Iraq mainly in Iraqi Kurdistan. It is the official language in Kurdistan Region Iraq. Sorani language was written in Sorani Arabic Alphabet invented by Kurdish intellectual, activist, and religious scholar Sa id kabab Sedqi in 1920.
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