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Egypt’s written and spoken language is
Arab, so the Islamic writing is an Arabic one. The script
utilized for an Aramaic dialect in the Nord Arabia as well as a
small proportion of Syriac are the origins of the Islamic
writing. Starting with the 7th century, the Arabic languages
written form remained unchanged in syntax and grammar. But in
the modern Islamic written language, the phraseology and word
sequence are not so difficult and have words deriving from
French and English. There are 28 letters in the Arabic alphabet;
every letter can have even 4 forms. In the alphabet were added
letters to help the languages that use the Arabic written, such
as Pakistan and Iran. The main characteristic of this writing is
that it goes from the right part to the left one, opposite to
the alphabet of the Europe's languages or like in the Roman
alphabet. The Arabic letters are speaking consonants; the Arabic
writing was used very often as a way of artistic expression and
in decorations. The Arabic calligraphy may be considered an
analogue of the icons from the Christian art representing the
word of Divinity. The calligraphy was considered for centuries
an important art, practiced by sultans, cultivated people and
craftsman. The skilled calligraphers were as famous (and even
more) as the important painters. The Arabic language is
considered the language in which God revealed the sacred
scripture of Islam (the Holy Qur'an) to the Prophet. That`s why
the Muslims everyday life is ruled by the Holy Qur'an words. The
Quranic inscriptions carved in wood or engraved in stucco
contain some of the Quranic words holiness that transfers itself
in the Islamic writing that incarnates them. |
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