Comments on: Touring Libyan Blogs: Is the Arabic Language Dead? http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Tue, 01 Dec 2009 04:18:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Md.Nayamat khan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1596109 Md.Nayamat khan Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:59:38 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1596109 I am Bangladeshi.After few days I will go Libya for work.But I don't know Arabic laungage.I know Korean and English laungage.How cna I learn Libyan laungage. Please help me any person.I am wating for this. Md.Nayamat khan I am Bangladeshi.After few days I will go Libya for work.But I don’t know Arabic laungage.I know Korean and English laungage.How cna I learn Libyan laungage. Please help me any person.I am wating for this.

Md.Nayamat khan

]]> By: Afnan http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1197281 Afnan Thu, 04 Oct 2007 17:12:18 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1197281 Hi all just a reply to rimas comment, i personaly dnt like it wen ppl switch from one arabic accent to the other, but to critsie ppl who switch between arabic and english, well i do that, but not cos i want to show ppl i know 2 languages but because i was born in the uk and my parents r both libyan, (therefore i am a proudddd libya:D) anyways i speak swtich between the both not cos i want to but merly the fact that sometimes i do not know the arabic word but i know it in english therefore in the hope that the other person will get wat im sayin i try to explain in english arabic or arabic english. i wish that one day i will be fluent in arabic,inshallah soon. but i know for sure inside myself that i do now switch between the 2 for attention, i hate speakin englihs in libya and i hate libyan ppl born and raised and never left libya, tryin to show of with the fact they know a few words of english, i think that arabic is the most amazing languages with so much depth in the history of it. Lust i do not think that arabic is dead but very much alive and always wil be alive as long as muslim r alive and still reading the Quran or in matter of fact if any arab country is not totally taken over by the west and its ways. p.s this is a great post ;) Hi all just a reply to rimas comment, i personaly dnt like it wen ppl switch from one arabic accent to the other, but to critsie ppl who switch between arabic and english, well i do that, but not cos i want to show ppl i know 2 languages but because i was born in the uk and my parents r both libyan, (therefore i am a proudddd libya:D) anyways i speak swtich between the both not cos i want to but merly the fact that sometimes i do not know the arabic word but i know it in english therefore in the hope that the other person will get wat im sayin i try to explain in english arabic or arabic english. i wish that one day i will be fluent in arabic,inshallah soon. but i know for sure inside myself that i do now switch between the 2 for attention, i hate speakin englihs in libya and i hate libyan ppl born and raised and never left libya, tryin to show of with the fact they know a few words of english, i think that arabic is the most amazing languages with so much depth in the history of it.
Lust i do not think that arabic is dead but very much alive and always wil be alive as long as muslim r alive and still reading the Quran or in matter of fact if any arab country is not totally taken over by the west and its ways.

p.s this is a great post ;)

]]> By: rima http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1189031 rima Sat, 21 Jul 2007 12:02:32 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1189031 The Arabic language in lybia was not dead, because the phrase " TOUCH WOOD" is an arabian phrase. we use it when somthing is very amazing and we afraid to lose it. In addition to that, we can use the phrase" mashaallah" so we can not say that the Arabic language is dead. What I don't like is when people switch between Arabic and another language in the same conversation as happens in lebanon. I feel they are just showing they know a foreign language. However, when they use French and Arabic in Tunis and Algeria, there is a historical reason for this. The French occupied the area, French was the dominant language and Arabic as a language died. The Arabic language in lybia was not dead, because the phrase ” TOUCH WOOD” is an arabian phrase. we use it when somthing is very amazing and we afraid to lose it. In addition to that, we can use the phrase” mashaallah” so we can not say that the Arabic language is dead. What I don’t like is when people switch between Arabic and another language in the same conversation as happens in lebanon. I feel they are just showing they know a foreign language. However, when they use French and Arabic in Tunis and Algeria, there is a historical reason for this. The French occupied the area, French was the dominant language and Arabic as a language died.

]]> By: Fozia http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1188502 Fozia Tue, 17 Jul 2007 19:20:22 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1188502 Greetings Mr Suliman, Thank you for your participation. The links are available as you have mentioned for all those wishing to find the original topic. This is merely a summary. Greetings Mr Suliman,

Thank you for your participation. The links are available as you have mentioned for all those wishing to find the original topic. This is merely a summary.

]]> By: Suliman http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1186430 Suliman Tue, 26 Jun 2007 00:49:14 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1186430 Greetings, Ms. Mohamed. I'm the Suliman you quoted in your piece, and I have a correction to your account of the debate that you characterized as becoming "bitter by detractors who were out to prove that Arabic is the language of terrorism and others..." Your description is inaccurately based on a fragment taken (way) out of context. Unless I missed something you did not cite, then you are referring to my argument against the slogan that "Arabic is the language of Quran," which is used to insinuate that Arabic enjoys some sort of God-Chosen status. The context that you neglected to present, which I had actually presented in two languages, is (1) that Arabic has been in use before, during and after the publication of Quran, and therefore, (2) in addition to being the language of Quran, Arabic was also the language of what's known in Islam as the "Age of Ignorance," the language of science at one time, the language of all oppressors of Arabic speakers, and the language of ransom notes and explosive belt instructions. Clearly, my argument was to present the wide spectrum of utility of Arabic, contrary to the view of pinning down the language to a single defining use. I don't doubt that those who can read your references will find the full story is quite different from what is presented here. But I hope you publish my comment for those readers who might be otherwise misled by your account. I would also be glad to discuss this further with you, publicly or privately, if you choose. Greetings, Ms. Mohamed.

I’m the Suliman you quoted in your piece, and I have a correction to your account of the debate that you characterized as becoming “bitter by detractors who were out to prove that Arabic is the language of terrorism and others…”

Your description is inaccurately based on a fragment taken (way) out of context. Unless I missed something you did not cite, then you are referring to my argument against the slogan that “Arabic is the language of Quran,” which is used to insinuate that Arabic enjoys some sort of God-Chosen status.

The context that you neglected to present, which I had actually presented in two languages, is (1) that Arabic has been in use before, during and after the publication of Quran, and therefore, (2) in addition to being the language of Quran, Arabic was also the language of what’s known in Islam as the “Age of Ignorance,” the language of science at one time, the language of all oppressors of Arabic speakers, and the language of ransom notes and explosive belt instructions. Clearly, my argument was to present the wide spectrum of utility of Arabic, contrary to the view of pinning down the language to a single defining use.

I don’t doubt that those who can read your references will find the full story is quite different from what is presented here. But I hope you publish my comment for those readers who might be otherwise misled by your account. I would also be glad to discuss this further with you, publicly or privately, if you choose.

]]> By: YallaOman.com » Oman Girl http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1186219 YallaOman.com » Oman Girl Sun, 24 Jun 2007 11:36:03 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1186219 [...] Usually Libyan bloggers talk about varied and different topics - whether they are mundane or not.Touring Libyan Blogs: Is the Arabic Language Dead? [...] [...] Usually Libyan bloggers talk about varied and different topics – whether they are mundane or not.Touring Libyan Blogs: Is the Arabic Language Dead? [...]

]]> By: PH http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/comment-page-1/#comment-1184923 PH Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:20:43 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/06/12/touring-libyan-blogs-is-the-arabic-language-dead/#comment-1184923 I like the way you chronicled the events :), but you didn't tell us what you think :P. I like the way you chronicled the events :), but you didn’t tell us what you think :P.

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