Arabic language Quiz - Test Your Knowledge | Community Voice

although both Hebrew and Arabic texts are written from right to left, the question mark is mirrored in Arabic (؟) but not in Hebrew punctuation?

Kawkab America was the first Arabic-language newspaper published in North America?

the Eritrean Independent Moslem League was persuaded to support a union between Ethiopia and Eritrea, after receiving Ethiopian assurances on Arabic schooling and respect for Islamic traditions?

the Egyptian Communist Organisation was nicknamed "Mishmish", meaning apricot in Arabic?

three of the stars named after people, often thought to have traditional Arabic names, were in fact named for members of the Apollo 1 crew?

the star Alpha Persei is also known by the traditional name of Mirfak, Arabic for 'elbow', and the name Hinali'i, commemorating a tsunami in Hawaiian folklore?

al-Karmil, an Arabic language newspaper first published in Haifa in 1908, was founded with the express purpose of "opposing Zionist colonization"?

Zeta Orionis, or Alnitak, 'the girdle', in Arabic, is the brightest O-type blue supergiant and one of the hottest bright stars in the sky?

Israeli writer Eli Amir called for more Israeli literature to be translated into Arabic to promote understanding?

Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha has described the decline in the quality of Arabic in Egypt as "an issue of national security"?

Dunash ben Labrat, a medieval Jewish writer, introduced Arabic language poetic meter into Hebrew poetry?

Nabi Shu'ayb, Arabic for "the Prophet Jethro", is used in English to refer to the site where Druze tradition holds he was buried?

Ya'qub Bilbul, an Iraqi Jew who wrote in Arabic, is considered a pioneer of the Iraqi novel and short story?

"Bitaqat Khub" is the first and only Eurovision Song Contest to have been performed in Arabic, and also the first and only entry to have represented an African country?

Arabic language

1 Among them are commonly-used words like "sugar" (sukkar), "________" (quṭn) and "magazine" (maḫāzin).

2 It is spoken by almost 35 million people in Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Palestine, Israel, ________, and Turkey.

3 [5] Classical Arabic has also been a literary language and the liturgical language of ________ since its inception in the 7th century.

4 Iraqi Arabic, spoken by about 29 million people in ________.

5 Universities around the world have classes that teach Arabic as part of their foreign languages, Middle Eastern studies, and ________ courses.

6 Central Asian Arabic, spoken in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and ________, is highly endangered

7 What family does Arabic language belong to?

8 What region does Arabic language belong to?

9 ك /k/ usually retains its original pronunciation, but is palatalized to [tʃ] in many words in ________, Iraq and much of the Arabian Peninsula.

10 Yemeni Arabic, spoken in Yemen, southern Saudi Arabia, ________, and Somalia

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