PugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agoA little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngllemmy.worldimagemessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down17cross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
arrow-up180arrow-down1imageA little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngllemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.world to Linguistics Humor@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square22linkfedilinkcross-posted to: historymemes@lemmy.world
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down3·5 months agoThe number of new books published in Arabic is much smaller than those published in languages that are are far less widespread. Arabic is stuck on the Quran including the cultures that speak it.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down2·5 months agoIntellectual stagnation fueled by poverty, authoritarianism and colonialism is what you’re thinking of.
minus-squareSamskara@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoOther poor and colonized countries don’t have that issue. Large powers of the Muslim world were not meaningfully colonized or for long. Of course if you include the Ottoman Empire, sure.
minus-squareNoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI have a lot I could say about this, but first where are you getting your numbers?
The number of new books published in Arabic is much smaller than those published in languages that are are far less widespread.
Arabic is stuck on the Quran including the cultures that speak it.
Intellectual stagnation fueled by poverty, authoritarianism and colonialism is what you’re thinking of.
So. The US? Lmao
Other poor and colonized countries don’t have that issue. Large powers of the Muslim world were not meaningfully colonized or for long. Of course if you include the Ottoman Empire, sure.
I have a lot I could say about this, but first where are you getting your numbers?