Reema Saffarini reports on the problems students face when they shift from Arabic-medium schools to English-medium universities. Reema Saffarini reports on the problems students face when they shift ...

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The UAE is leading efforts to future-proof the Arabic language using AI, with projects like the 20-million-word GPT-powered Historical Dictionary, the AI-driven Arabic-English dictionary, and Falcon ...

IT is considered quite normal for languages to borrow words from other languages. When a language takes words from other languages, these “new arrivals” are usually called borrowings or loan words.

Code-switching shapes daily conversations, balancing heritage with global identity Illustrative image. Young Emiratis switch between Arabic and English to connect, express, and belong. Dubai: Walk ...

Arabic has become a much more widely spoken language in the United States in recent decades. The number of people ages 5 and older who speak Arabic at home in the U.S. rose from 215,000 in 1980 to 1.4 ...