This video is all about the Arabic language, from its early origins on the Arabian peninsula, to its current status as the 5th most spoken language on Earth. I also examine a number of features of Arabic. ▶ Learn Arabic: http://bit.ly/arabicpod101 ◀

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Video chapters:

00:00 Introduction
00:32 General Information about the Arabic Language
01:07 Varieties of Arabic
02:06 Arabic is Semitic language
02:22 Old Arabic
03:51 Classical Arabic
05:04 Neo-Arabic & Middle Arabic
06:02 Modern Arabic
06:47 Diglossia in Arabic
08:21 The Arabic script
09:24 Arabic phonology
10:30 Morphology in the Arabic language
11:36 Verbs in Arabic
13:05 Word order in Arabic
14:00 Cases in Arabic
15:05 Sentence breakdown
16:30 Final comments
17:22 The Question of the Day

Music:

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Ibn Al-Noor by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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“Raw Deal” by Gunnar Olsen.

“In Case You Forgot” by Otis McDonald.

Drum beat from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVvWgpBHNL0

Images:

“Arabic Speaking World” map courtesy of Keteracel at English Wikipedia. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arabic_speaking_world.svg