Ebook: Dialect differences in Uzbekistan Arabic and their historical implications

Tallinn University, 2011. - 7 p.Arabic language islands, or in German, arabische Sprachinseln, are isolated pockets of spoken Arabic in non-Arab countries. They are usually separated from the main Arabic language area by stretches of territory in which other languages are spoken. Classical Arabic and Modern Standard Arabic are usually not known in those language islands but in turn there is a strong influence of one or several regional languages, including the official language of the respective state. Uzbekistan Arabic, as is agreed generally, must be of very ancient origin, going back to the Muslim conquests of Transoxania in the early 8th century.