Arabic Influence on Modern Hebrew

[Apollo]

Ben Yehuda insisted together with other members of the Committee of the Hebrew Language that, to quote the Committee records, “In order to supplement the deficiencies of the Hebrew language, the Committee coins words according to the rules of grammar and linguistic analogy from Semitic roots: Aramaic and especially from Arabic roots”

If only Somalis could have done the same (using Cushitic root words) instead of corrupting it with English, Italian, and Arabic words.

 

[Prince Abubu]

Ben Yehuda insisted together with other members of the Committee of the Hebrew Language that, to quote the Committee records, “In order to supplement the deficiencies of the Hebrew language, the Committee coins words according to the rules of grammar and linguistic analogy from Semitic roots: Aramaic and especially from Arabic roots”

If only Somalis could have done the same (using Cushitic root words) instead of corrupting it with English, Italian, and Arabic words.

Somalis can use Af Rendille, Af Maay and Promo to supplement words that have been replaced by arabic etc.

 

[Apollo]

Somalis can use Af Rendille, Af Maay and Promo to supplement words that have been replaced by arabic etc.

Sadly Somalis are too disunited and the schooling system is not uniform like in Israel, but it's interesting nevertheless how Modern Hebrew was recently enriched with concepts and loan translations from nearby Semitic languages. They clearly tried to avoid European loanwords as much as possible.

 

[TekNiKo]

Arabic is the most preserved language in the world with countless dictionaries and literature that spans a millenia.

You cannot compare Arabic root words to a primitive language that only developed a script 40 years ago

 

[Apollo]

You cannot compare Arabic root words to a primitive language that only developed a script 40 years ago

That's quite an anticushitic smear, Af-Somali was written using other scripts before that (Wadaad script, Osmanya etc).

 

[Macalin M]

There are words that nobody uses. Like the word for Ice cream. Everyone says Gelato (Italian) but my mum says their is a word (I hate writing/reading in Somali so I’m not gonna embarrass myself with the spelling). It was a shit word anyway, I asked my mum if the person who thought of that word was a child.

 

[Samaalic Era]

@Apollo
Af Somali is the most advanced cushitic language and it would be other Cushitic languages what Arabic is to Semitic languages

 

[Prince Abubu]

Sadly Somalis are too disunited and the schooling system is not uniform like in Israel, but it's interesting nevertheless how Modern Hebrew was recently enriched with concepts and loan translations from nearby Semitic languages. They clearly tried to avoid European loanwords as much as possible.

True. But it's something for the future. Hebrew was basically a dead language until the Israelis started reviving it. Somali is still a living and vibrid language.

 

[TekNiKo]

That's quite an anticushitic smear, Af-Somali was written using other scripts before that (Wadaad script, Osmanya etc).

But they weren't widespread and in use, most people pre-Somali script wrote in Arabic lol.

 

[CaliTedesse]

Again Arabic for the win

 

[southside]

i fear that the somali language will die somalis will fully adopt arabic in the future im seeing many somalis write in arabic on social media, i dont want us to become like the sudanese

 

[CaliTedesse]

i fear that the somali language will die somalis will fully adopt arabic in the future im seeing many somalis write in arabic on social media, i dont want us to become like the sudanese

Sudanese waa gob and relax that will never happen

 

[southside]

Sudanese waa gob and relax that will never happen

no offense to the sudanese people aboowe i just dont want our language to be replaced like them

 

[CaliTedesse]

no offense to the sudanese people aboowe i just dont want our language to be replaced like them

We will use Somali and language of Quran because we are Muslims akhi.

 

[southside]

We will use Somali and language of Quran because we are Muslims akhi.

lets keep the language of the quran only for reading the quran and salat akhi