Arabic as a Jewish Language A Note on Similarities between Modern Hebrew and Modern Standard Arabic

摘要

This is a note or sketch on similarities between two Semitic languages: modern Hebrew and modern standard Arabic. They have a lot in common: triliteral structure of a word, conjugation, pronoun, etc. The two languages, however, have some striking differences: vocabulary, plural forms of nouns, syntactic structure like infinitive and subjunctive, etc.The author has pursued Amos Ozs literary works and his critical essays dealing with the current situations in Israel. In order to have comprehensive grasp of his world, it would be essential to know of the linguistic situation in Israel.