# @itsaihistory on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQrznFDj70T
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/61744770-itsaihistory-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-05T18:15:55.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Parker Gordon (@itsaihistory) — https://gondola.cc/itsaihistory

## Caption

🗣️ Old Arabic vs Modern Arabic 
(c. AD 600 → today)

Dialogue:
Old Hijazi Arabic (c. AD 600)
اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَةُ اللهِ
as-salāmu ʿalaykum wa-raḥmat Allāh
“Peace be upon you and God’s mercy.”

Modern Cairo Arabic (today)
السَّلَام عَلِيكُم
es-salām ʿalēkum
“Peace be upon you.”

What you’re hearing:
A short contrast between lines spoken in early Hijazi Arabic (from the Mecca–Medina region) and contemporary Cairo Arabic.

Basics (kept simple):
Arabic is a Semitic language, part of the same ancient Middle Eastern family as Hebrew and Aramaic.

These languages share deep roots—three-letter word systems and related verb patterns that go back thousands of years.

Arabic today has over 310 million native speakers and 400 million + total usersworldwide.

The most populous Arabic-speaking countries include Egypt, Algeria, Sudan, Iraq, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.
People use Modern Standard Arabic for writing/news and regional dialects in daily life.

Notes:
This clip is for general education—pronunciation and usage vary by region and context.

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