Arabic Language Development in the Modern Era
By:
Muhammad Nabiel Johar Sugandi
Marsha Meliana Putri
Muhammad Quresy
A.INTRODUCTION
Language is a social communication tool resulting from human speech. Humans as social creatures need a means to communicate with other humans, so a communication vehicle called language is needed.
Arabic is one of the many branches of Semitic languages that have developed over thousands of years. Arabic emerged as an independent language, because one of the early Semitic language users moved to other areas, then formed a nation as well as a language. The evolutionary process that occurred in the clash of Arabic with local languages turned the original Arabic into various dialects. Arabic can grow and develop and stand on its own, due to several supporting factors, one of which is the association and mixing between nations. (Husni Mubarak: 2018).
We know that Arabic occupies a strategic position among international languages. This is evidenced by the United Nations (UN) increasing Arabic speakers in the world, in 1973 Arabic was officially made an international language besides English. With these implications, language has the urgency to always develop in the era of globalization. Arabic occupies the fifth position after English, French, German, and Chinese as a daily language by 450 million Muslims in the world spread across the Arabian Peninsula and the African continent.
B.DISCUSSION
Arabic, apart from being mentioned as the language of the Qur'an or the language of the inhabitants of heaven, is also the official language for Arabs or people who live in the Middle East region as their daily means of communication. Arabic is divided into two, namely, Fusha and 'Ammiyah.
Fusha Arabic is the language used in the Qur'an, official situations, composing poetry, writing prose, and also expressions of thought (scientific writings). While 'Ammiyah is the language that is often used in daily activities that are informal or informal. This language is often called market language.
In this era, Arabic is growing from time to time until Arabic becomes an international language. Most Arabic speakers are Muslims because the guidelines for Muslims use Arabic, namely, the Qur'an. In addition, Arabic has an important role in the history of world civilization because Arabic is an introduction to the world of education, culture, and science in various fields such as medicine, engineering, mathematics, and science, many of whose works are written in Arabic.
Arabic is particularly important because of the economic significance of the Arab oil-producing countries in the global scenario. Learning Arabic can open doors to jobs in the oil and travel industry. Knowing Arabic can help us find careers in various fields such as, education, journalism, business and industry, finance and banking, translation and interpretation, foreign services, consulting, and intelligence.
In this era of globalization, the Arabic language still exists and even experiences significant development in non-Arab countries, therefore the potential for the development of Arabic in various fields of life, both social, political, business, and cultural, remains large and very wide open.
Therefore, the urgency of learning Arabic in this era is very important because it has become the language of religion, the language of official communication between nations (UN), the language of the Islamic world, the language of trade, the language of economics, and Islamic banking.
C.CONCLUSION
Arabic, apart from being mentioned as the language of the Qur'an or the language of the inhabitants of heaven, is also the official language of the Arab people. Arabic Arabic is divided into two namely, Fusha and 'Ammiyah.
In this era, Arabic is growing from time to time until Arabic becomes an international language. Arabic is now a worldwide language, parallel to English and French. Arabic is also an introduction in the world of education, culture, and science in various fields.
