Ancient Semitic VIII: Arabic

In the eighth video of my new series I am talking about Arabic. There are some detailed explanations on how to read and pronounce Classical Arabic, and text samples include Old Hejazi Arabic, Classical Arabic, Jewish Middle Arabic and Christian Middle Arabic written in Coptic.

Contents:

00:03:30 Classification, Sources
00:13:50 Features (Phonology, Morphology, Syntax)
00:33:05 The Arabic Script
00:38:45 Old Hejazi Arabic
00:55:50 The Kitab Sibawayh
01:06:35 How to Read and Pronounce Classical Arabic - Letters and Vowel Signs
01:35:25 How to Read and Pronounce Classical Arabic - Other Rules according to Sibawayh
01:53:10 Sample Text in Old Hejazi Arabic
01:59:50 Sample Text in Classical Arabic Prose
02:08:25 Sample Text in Classical Arabic Poetry
02:14:10 Sample Text in Jewish Middle Arabic
02:23:05 Sample Text in Christian Middle Arabic


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