Talk:Arabic/Archive 7

Semi-protected edit request on 11 April 2023
Arabic language was first attested in the 9th century BCE, not the 1st century AD Source: A manual of the historical Grammar of Arabic by Dr Ahmed al-jallad, a harvard PhD linguist. The term "Arab" and "Arabia" originally referred North of Nefud, Syrian desert and Sinai, Not to the people of the peninsula who where not Arabian but the term "Arabia" included them in the 4th century BCE as a result of wrong Greek Geography Sources: Literacy and identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia by M.C.A Macdonald, Oxford university

Maurizio Tosi, University of Naples

Arabia and the Arabs by Robert G Hoyland, Oxford historian 2A06:C701:70AC:9A00:74A5:E36F:D58B:8B17 (talk) 00:05, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Red question icon with gradient background.svg Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate.  JTP (talk • contribs) 00:40, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * change "Arabic language firs emerged in the 1st century" to "Arabic language was first attested in the 9th century BCE.
 * Source: a manual of historical grammar of Arabic by Ahmed al jallad, a harvard PhD Linguist.
 * Also, Change "the term Arab was intially used to describe those living in the Arabian peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece" to " the term Arab was intially used to describe those living in the Syrian desert, Sinai and North of Nefud"
 * Sources:
 * Literacy and identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia by M.C.A Macdonald, Oxford university
 * Maurizio Tosi, University of Naples
 * Arabia and the Arabs by Robert G Hoyland, Oxford historian 2A06:C701:7090:DE00:281A:6BB5:FC0E:7040 (talk) 05:27, 12 April 2023 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 April 2023
change "Arabic language first emerged in the 1st century" to "Arabic language was first attested in the 9th century BCE. Source: a manual of historical grammar of Arabic by Ahmed al jallad, a harvard PhD Linguist. Also, Change "the term Arab was intially used to describe those living in the Arabian peninsula, as perceived by geographers from ancient Greece" to " the term Arab was intially used to describe those living in the Syrian desert, Sinai and North of Nefud" Sources: Literacy and identity in Pre-Islamic Arabia by M.C.A Macdonald, Oxford university

Maurizio Tosi, University of Naples

Arabia and the Arabs by Robert G Hoyland, Oxford historian 2A06:C701:7090:9700:8586:4608:322:5CA6 (talk) 23:03, 12 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Pictogram voting question.svg Question: would it be possible for you to provide the page numbers? M.Bitton (talk) 19:17, 13 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Arabia and the Arabs: page 8
 * A manual of the historical grammar of Arabic: page 10 2A06:C701:7090:9700:4CCB:C21C:D038:8EDF (talk) 05:20, 14 April 2023 (UTC)
 * Re: the manual, it says 'early 1st millenium' with links to several other sources - is the '9th century' part coming from one of the other referenced sources? Arabia and the Arabs checks out, but just for the 'Syrian desert' part. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:30, 14 April 2023 (UTC)