Middle Arabic

E856821

historical stage of the Arabic language variety of Arabic

Middle Arabic is a historical stage of the Arabic language, spanning roughly from the early Islamic period to the pre-modern era, characterized by transitional linguistic features between Classical and modern dialectal Arabic.

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Label	Occurrences
Middle Arabic canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of the Arabic language ⓘ variety of Arabic ⓘ
alternativeName	Middle Arabic Arabic ⓘ
follows	Classical Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLinguisticFeature	dialectal vocabulary ⓘ mixture of Classical and colloquial forms ⓘ non-standard morphology ⓘ non-standard syntax ⓘ orthographic variation ⓘ phonological features reflecting spoken varieties ⓘ transitional features between Classical Arabic and modern dialectal Arabic ⓘ
hasRelation	bridge between Classical Arabic and modern Arabic dialects ⓘ
hasSociolinguisticAspect	often considered non-standard relative to Classical Arabic ⓘ reflects spoken usage in written form ⓘ shows influence of local dialects ⓘ used by communities with varying levels of Classical education ⓘ
hasSourceType	Geniza documents NERFINISHED ⓘ documentary papyri ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ
hasSubvariety	Christian Middle Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Jewish Middle Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ Muslim Middle Arabic NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageBranch	Semitic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Afro-Asiatic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageGroup	Arabic language ⓘ
languageSubbranch	Central Semitic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Modern Arabic dialects ⓘ
studiedInField	Arabic linguistics ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ philology ⓘ
timeEndApprox	18th century ⓘ
timeStartApprox	7th century ⓘ
usedInDomain	administrative documents ⓘ chronicles and historiography ⓘ didactic and instructional literature ⓘ legal documents ⓘ letters and private correspondence ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
usedInPeriod	early Islamic period ⓘ medieval period ⓘ pre-modern era ⓘ
usedInRegion	Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ North Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ al-Andalus NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

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Mamluk Arabic → era → Middle Arabic ⓘ