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| Arab conference suggests wider use of Arabic language |
| 2015-01-15 |
| [ARABNEWS] Arab ministers unanimously reaffirmed Wednesday their declaration of the importance of the Arabic language as a platform for cultural and humanitarian integration and the need to protect it from the dangers currently facing the Arab world. The ministers were participating in the 19th conference of Arab culture ministers in Riyadh this week under the aegis of King of the Arabians, Sheikh of the Burning Sands, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah in a major drive to push Arabic to the forefront of the worlds live languages. Minister of Culture and Information Abdul Aziz Al-Khodairy stressed the need to use Arabic as a medium for the promotion of cultural and humanitarian integration. To ensure its role as a platform for humanitarian integration, the Arabic language must be taken beyond its Arab borders with wider presence and productivity in the global digital content. The movement of translation from and into Arabic must also be encouraged, a resolution adopted at the conference said. The resolution also stressed the need to use modern technology in teaching the Arabic language. The conference observed that the Arab world is going through rapid changes and the onus of responsibility falls on the ministers of culture and education to enable the Arabic language to meet the challenges. The conference declared that humanitarian citizenship cannot be achieved amid the blatant Israeli attacks on the Arab cultural heritage and the holy sites in Jerusalem. The Arabic language expresses thought, creativity and knowledge and is a symbol of the Arab identity and culture, the declaration said. As a pillar of Arab identity, it should be of special interest in the Arab cultural policies and plans to raise the level of the Arabic language as part of the national plan with the provision of scientific objectives and output, the resolution added. It called for the celebration of the World Day of the Arabic language as an appropriate event to identify the Arab cultural and cognitive creativity at home and abroad. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 Me, I've been working on my Persian... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-01-15 14:27 |
| #6 I hear Hell is looking for a new official language.... |
| Posted by: Hupusoque Hupegum4787 2015-01-15 11:55 |
| #5 Can you program in it? |
| Posted by: Shipman 2015-01-15 11:42 |
| #4 why not just ban the use of Arabic on the internet? |
| Posted by: Elmolurong Ebboluns7836 2015-01-15 11:22 |
| #3 The ministers were participating in the 19th |
| Posted by: Frank G 2015-01-15 11:09 |
| #2 Yes, by all means. Let's learn Arabic so that we can watch their great movies, read their innovative patents and indulge in intellectual discourse over anything that's not the Koran over beers and BBQ. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2015-01-15 11:06 |
| #1 That is such a great idea! No IT's Not. Arabic is confusing to most Non-klingons because too much dialect and hidden language meaning and hidden slurs and depictions. Arabic is the sewer of language. Hebrew outlines threshold, English is the business Language, French is flowing, German is core as is Latin. 18 different dialects of an Arabic language not agreed upon. naw. |
| Posted by: newc 2015-01-15 04:26 |