Marcus Buck wrote: > In the Arabic world there's a prevalent POV, that Arabs form one nation > united by the use of the Arabic language. But in reality Standard Arabic > is something like Latin. With the difference, that Latin fell out of use > to make place for the Romance languages. So Egyptian Arabic vs. Standard > Arabic is like French vs. Latin. And the Egyptian VIP is like a 13th > century monk. "Writing in the language of the people. How stupid... > Latin is a godly language."
I have heard this before, but I am not convinced, because I have heard conflicting things from Egyptian people. I don't suppose you have a credible reference where I can read more about this, and which supports these claims? -- Tim Starling _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
