That's not true. Although the vast majority of Arabs are raised on a local variety, there are a small number whose native language is indeed Modern Standard Arabic. Imagine, perhaps, that their father is a well-educated Moroccan and their mother is a well-educated Syrian, and they were raised in Yemen.
Mark
On 11/08/2008, Crazy Lover always_yours.forever@yahoo.com wrote:
Reviewing the requirements of current policy http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Meta:Language_proposal_policy i thought in standard arabic language, and the inevitable consecuense: this language cannot meet the requirement. Standard arabic isn't speak anymore as first language. it's based in Religious arabic languages, it's archaic, and it is neccesary to learn at school to understand it. its situation is similar to medieval latin. Then, the consecuense will be absurd: the rejection of any new project in this useful language.
on the other hand, there are several native languages, all daugthers of classical arabic, like Egyptian arabic (or Masri), whose proposal has been approved http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_new_languages/Wikipedia_Egyptian... precissely for its native condition.
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