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Arabic / Year 5 and 6 / Understanding / Language variation and change
Version 8
Curriculum content descriptions
Explore the origins of Arabic and how it has been influenced by and influences other languages
[Key concepts: language, change, borrowing; Key processes: reflecting, selecting, connecting]
(ACLARU152)
Elaborations
- recognising that the Arabic alphabet has similarities with the Aramaic alphabet system (alpha being the first letter, and beta the second), and that the Arabic ordering system أ؛ب؛ج؛د is based on the Aramaic alphabet
- understanding that many words in Arabic are borrowed from indigenous languages of the Arabic-speaking world, such as Assyrian, Aramaic and Syriac, Phoenician and Berber, for example, أب؛ رأس؛ دم؛ أخ؛ أخت؛ شمس؛ لسان؛ أنا؛ أنت؛ هو؛ نحن؛ كلب؛ بيت؛ سمع؛ كتاب , and regional languages such as Persian, Turkish and Kurdish, for example, بوظة؛ دولاب؛ دولمة؛ بسطرمة؛
- exploring the meaning of famous names of people and places and reflecting on their origin and on naming systems, such as
بابل؛ بحرين؛ سوريا؛ بيت لحم؛ موصل؛ لبنان؛ أور؛ بيروت ؛
- investigating the influence of Arabic on other languages such as Berber, Kurdish, Amharic, Tigrinya, Persian, Pashto, Urdu, Punjabi, Portuguese, Sindhi, Tagalog, Turkish, Spanish, Hindi, Swahili, Somali, Malay and Indonesian, for example, the Arabic word for ‘book’كتاب is used in most of the languages listed
- identifying languages that were derived from Arabic, for example, Maltese and Nubi
General capabilities
Cross-curriculum priorities
ScOT terms
Loanwords, Arabic language, Language evolution