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Old Arabic is the name for any Arabic language or dialect continuum before Islam. Various forms of Old Arabic are attested in scripts like Safaitic, Hismaic, Nabatean, and even Greek. More occasionally, the term is used to refer to Paleo-Arabic, which refers to the formation of the Arabic script in the fifth and sixth centuries.
The oldest examples of what we would classify as a form of Arabic today is "Old Arabic". It is said to have sprung out from other Central Semitic languages (which in turn developed into such languages as Aramaic, Hebrew and Phoenician), which were spoken in the Syrian dessert almost 3000 years ago.
The 7th century Arabic known as Classical or Quranic Arabic, which has been preserved by Islam, was standardized in the 8th century, so it could be a fair estimation to say that Arabic is around 1,400 years old.
The recorded history of the Arabs begins in the mid-9th century BCE, which is the earliest known attestation of the Old Arabic language. Tradition holds that Arabs descend from Ishmael, the son of Abraham.
The Arabs (Arabic: عَرَب, DIN 31635: ʿarab, Arabic pronunciation: [ˈʕɑ.rɑb] ⓘ), also known as the Arab people (الشَّعْبَ الْعَرَبِيّ), are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Nov 30, 2018 · Much of what is known of written, classical (or old) Arabic comes from the events recorded in the Qur’an, the holy book of the Islamic faith. These events are said to have occurred around the 7th century C.E. Prior to the Qur’an, much of the Arabic language was spoken.
The area known as Old Arabi is made up of two historic districts: The Old Arabi Historic District, 150 acres bordering Jackson Barracks and the Mississippi River including parts of Mehle, Angela, and Esteban Streets, and the Friscoville Street Historic District, 160 acres from the 100-900 blocks of Friscoville.
