The first mama loshen
April 30, 2012Ross Brann, professor of Near Eastern studies, traces the similarities of Hebrew and Arabic to a time when they were considered a single language on public radio’s Academic Minute. In premodern times Jews living in Islamic lands from Morocco to Iraq spoke Arabic as their mother tongue. They also corresponded, conducted their economic ventures and communal affairs [...]
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