Re: Language Patterns and Script


Dr. Jamshid Ibrahim wrote:
It is only because Arabic is a language of patterns or model structures
ie functions by depending heavily on patterns that a consonantal script
is possible. The Arabs use three consonants for model building: ل ع
ف
- Verbal patterns: basic and derived forms
- Plurals
- Adjectives
- Other patterns

My questions:
1. Would you agree with this claim. If not. why?

yes. the predictability of voweling helps make reading arabic in arabic
script easier.

2. To me all languages depend on patterns and script has nothing to do
with it. However, when we know a pattern we can predict the vowels
easily, dispense with them and use shorthand script

.

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