Arabīzī — arabština jedenadvacátého století?

• Authors: Jeníková Jitka

Title variants

EN

ARABIZI — ARABIC FOR THE 21ST CENTURY?

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

Arabizi, the romanized version of the Arabic writing system, is a phenomenon born with the dissemination of new technologies at the end of the 20th century. The first mobile phones and internet weren’t at first able to use other language systems than Latin. Thus Arabizi — a combination of the words Arabi and Inglizi (Arab word for English) — emerged. It uses Latin alphabet and numerals to put down Arabic. The idea is not exactly new — there have been to be promoters of Latinized version of Arabic since the 19th century. Nowadays, Arabizi has its advocates as well as opponents. This paper maps the history of the phenomenon of Arabizi, it presents its basics and introduce the main effects it has on the present-day Arab society.

Keywords

CS

Arabština; arabízí; arabský jazyk; jazyk; romanizace

EN

Arabic; Arabizi; Arab world; language; romanization

Discipline

• PHILOLOGY_&_LINGUISTICS: PHILOLOGY & LINGUISTICS

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Svět literatury – Časopis pro novodobé literatury (World of Literature – Journal for Modern Literatures)
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 60
• Pages: 109-114

Contributors

author

Jeníková Jitka

• Univerzita Karlova