Influence of Arabic on other languages in the context of "Vocabulary"

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⭐ Core Definition: Influence of Arabic on other languages

Arabic has had a great influence on other languages, especially in vocabulary. The influence of Arabic has been most profound in those countries visited by Islam or Islamic power.

Arabic loanwords have made into many languages as diverse as Abkhaz, Afrikaans, Amharic, Albanian, Armenian, Assyrian, Azerbaijani, Balochi, Bengali, Berber, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chechen, Circassian, Croatian, English, French, Georgian, Greek, Gujarati, Hausa, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Kazakh, Kurdish, Kyrgyz, Macedonian, Malay, Mongolian, Montenegrin, Nepali, Odia, Ossetian, Pashto, Persian, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romani, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Sicilian, Spanish, Sindhi, Somali, Swahili, Tagalog, Tajik, Tatar, Tigrinya, Turkish, Turkmen, Ukrainian, Urdu, Uyghur, Uzbek, Visayan, Wolof, Xhosa, Yoruba, Zulu, as well as other languages in countries where these languages are spoken. Other languages such as Maltese and Nubi derive from Arabic, rather than merely borrowing vocabulary. Arabic words were being used from the Iberian Peninsula all the way to Maritime Southeast Asia prior to the spread of European international words.

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Influence of Arabic on other languages in the context of Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns language codes to 32 varieties of Arabic, including its standard form of Literary Arabic, known as Modern Standard Arabic, which is derived from Classical Arabic. This distinction exists primarily among Western linguists; Arabic speakers themselves generally do not distinguish between Modern Standard Arabic and Classical Arabic, but rather refer to both as al-ʿarabiyyatu l-fuṣḥā (اَلعَرَبِيَّةُ ٱلْفُصْحَىٰ "the eloquent Arabic") or simply al-fuṣḥā (اَلْفُصْحَىٰ).

Arabic is the third most widespread official language after English and French, one of six official languages of the United Nations, and the liturgical language of Islam. Arabic is widely taught in schools and universities around the world and is used to varying degrees in workplaces, governments and the media. During the Middle Ages, Arabic was a major vehicle of culture and learning, especially in science, mathematics and philosophy. As a result, many European languages have borrowed words from it. Arabic influence, mainly in vocabulary, is seen in European languages (mainly Spanish and to a lesser extent Portuguese, Catalan, and Sicilian) owing to the proximity of Europe and the long-lasting Arabic cultural and linguistic presence, mainly in Southern Iberia, during the Al-Andalus era. Maltese is a Semitic language developed from a dialect of Arabic and written in the Latin alphabet. The Balkan languages, including Albanian, Greek, Serbo-Croatian, and Bulgarian, have also acquired many words of Arabic origin, mainly through direct contact with Ottoman Turkish.

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Influence of Arabic on other languages in the context of Barrio

Barrio (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈbarjo]; lit. 'quarter, neighborhood') is generally defined as each area of a city delimited by functional (e.g., residential, commercial, industrial, etc.), social, architectural or morphological features. In Spain, in most of Latin America, and in the Philippines, the term may also be used to officially denote a division of a municipality. The word barrio is an Arabism, as it is derived from the Arabic word barriyy (بري; 'wild, exterior').

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← Arabic language ← Arabic ← Barrio
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Arabic → Vocabulary → Islam → Islamic state → Abkhaz language → Afrikaans → Amharic language → Albanian language → Armenian language → Sureth → Azerbaijani language → Balochi language → Bengali language → Berber languages → Bosnian language → Bulgarian language → Catalan language → Chechen language → Circassian language → Croatian language → English language → French language → Georgian language → Greek language → Gujarati language → Hausa language → Hebrew → Hindi → Hungarian language → Indonesian language → Italian language → Kazakh language → Kurdish languages → Kyrgyz language → Macedonian language → Malaysian Malay → Mongolian language → Montenegrin language → Nepali language → Odia language → Ossetian language → Pashto → Persian language → Portuguese language → Punjabi language → Romani language → Romanian language → Russian language → Serbian language → Sicilian language → Spanish language → Sindhi language → Somali language → Swahili language → Tagalog language → Tajik language → Tatar language → Tigrinya language → Turkish language → Turkmen language → Ukrainian language → Urdu → Uyghur language → Uzbek language → Visayan languages → Wolof language → Xhosa language → Yoruba language → Zulu language → Maltese language → Nubi → Iberian Peninsula → Maritime Southeast Asia → Internationalism (linguistics) →