Damascus-SANA
The Arabic language is one of the pillars of the cultural diversity of humanity as a whole, and it is one of the most widespread and used languages in the world, which makes it a cultural, historical and cultural carrier for all of humanity, as it is an essential pillar of diversity and cultural communication, due to its antiquity, beauty and ability to keep pace with the developments of civilization.
And on the occasion of the celebration of the International Day of the Arabic Language, which falls on next Sunday, the head of the Arabic Language Academy, Dr. Mahmoud Al-Sayed, said in his speech: The sons of the Arab nation must highly appreciate that their Arabic language is among the six languages approved by the United Nations and its affiliated organizations at a time when we find superpowers Its languages were not among the approved languages such as Germany, Italy, Japan and India, adding: It is really unfortunate that some representatives of Arab countries in the United Nations and its organizations use foreign languages, not caring about how others view them at a time when their language ranks globally.
Dr. El-Sayed pointed out that the Arabic language was a universal language before the beginning of the splendor of the Arab-Islamic civilization, when the scientific and philosophical heritage of the most ancient known civilizations in history, Greek, Roman, Persian and Indian, was represented without abandoning its features and origins, and the methods and arts of science were transferred to Europe, and this was evident In the letters of Jabir bin Hayyan in chemistry, Al-Razi, Ibn Sina, Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Al-Nafis and Al-Kindi in medicine, Ibn Al-Bitar in botany, Hanin bin Ishaq in anatomy, Ibn Al-Haytham in natural sciences and optics, Al-Battani in astronomy, Ibn Majid and Al-Sharif Al-Idrisi in geography, and Ibn Khaldun in The science of urbanization, Ibn Rushd in philosophy, Ibn Jinni, Al-Khalil, Al-Jurjani, and Sibawayh in language sciences, and others.
Dr. Al-Sayed pointed out that the Arabic language still occupies a global position even today, due to its antiquity, and the number of speakers that exceeds 450 million in the Arab countries alone, in addition to the eagerness of the people of non-Arab Islamic countries, who number about one and a half billion, to learn it. Adopting it as another language in some foreign universities.
The head of the Arabic Language Academy referred to the adoption by the United Nations of the Arabic language among the world languages in 1973, as this date had a significance dating back to the October Liberation War, in which the Arabs proved their solidarity, unity of word, and victory over the Israeli enemy, as they imposed their presence on the global level.
Dr. Al-Sayed pointed out that colonialism aims to banish the languages of peoples and nations, and impose their language in their place, and this is what French colonialism did in the Arab Maghreb countries, Syria and Lebanon, and what British colonialism did in Egypt, Sudan and Iraq, but all its attempts failed, and Syria and Algeria proved Their belonging to the language of the nation is a civilized manifestation that cannot be described as a nation that does not respect its language, and whose members do not do their best to advance it, which is reflected in their present and the future of their children.
The head of the Arabic Language Academy believed that if our contemporary world confirms the role of human development in the knowledge society, then the right investment is in minds and their development with knowledge, which highlights the role of the scientific and technical language in improving the productivity of the workforce in the mother tongue and increases greatly with the trend towards a knowledge-based economy. Scientific translation is one of the means of enriching the scientific and technical language of the labor force and the economic and social advancement, which is the key to solving the most important contemporary Arab economic issues that are represented in generating job opportunities, diversifying economic activities, increasing per capita income, and increasing the domestic and Arab GDP.
Dr. Al-Sayyid concluded his speech by saying: Hence the keenness of the Academy of the Arabic Language in Damascus, during its journey for more than a century, to put terminology in the Arabic mother tongue eloquent against foreign terms, so it completed dictionaries in various fields of knowledge, with the aim of enriching the language with contemporary developments, and the Academy remained a guardian of Arabic Al-Fusha, working to serve it and empower it through developing Arabic terminology, publishing literature and research, giving lectures, and holding conferences and seminars.
Dr. El-Sayed Ali wished the linguistic scientific academies in the Arab world to redouble their efforts in coordination, cooperation and positive initiatives in service of our dear beloved, our mother tongue, classical Arabic.
Shatha Hammoud
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