Communications on a National Project
Taxonomy Issues
3/14/2004
7:05 PM
(written by Ken)
Enumerating a concept base from an analysis of modern
languages seemed an insurmountable task. So Dr. Adi turned not to Arabic or
Hebrew numerology, but to Arabic grammar and word root structure. These turn out to be fair
representatives of natural kinds of things found in the world that can be
relied upon. They number in the
thousands.
Here are some facts about the Arabic language of which many
people are unaware.
The Arabic language is more than 3000 years old.
Some scholars believe Moses came out of the desert
speaking Arabic.
Today, no matter where Arabic is spoken, no matter the
"dialect" it may sound different though it is always written the
same.
It exhibits high-agreement, without legislation
(counter e.g. the French).
The word-root structure is well-formed and
well-known.
It is possible for a dozen Arab linguists to agree
about the root forms of the language.
This is not possible in any other language, except, perhaps Chinese.