اللغة العربية؛ مكانتها و قضاياها اللغوية

Arabic Language and its Place Among the Languages

Language is a means of interaction, understanding, and coexistence among people. The language of any nation mirrors its thoughts and ideas and is a manifestation of its pride in various literary, social, political respects. Evidently, the honor of any nation lies in its language. The same is also true for the survival of the nation, which again is intermingled with the perpetuity of its language. Nations with a rich cultural heritage and ancient civilizations have always attempted to attract (by any means) the attention of other nations to themselves. There are various viewpoints as to the origin of language, whether it has been a revelation or an intuition, or else it is created spontaneously or in a gradual form. Arabic, among other languages, is derivative in nature, and has amazing sound-sense congruence. Unfortunately, due to the death of many of its users and the fact that many Muslims were busy with expansion of Islam, majority of its words have faded away. Meantime, owing to the mixture of Arabs and non-Arabs, a lot of loanwords have entered into Arabic; the difference between Basri and Kufi syntacticians has also had a negative influence on Arabic.