tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post5176054210466654191..comments2024-03-23T10:47:39.662-04:00Comments on Notes From Atlanta: Of Yoruba, Arabic, and Origins of Nigerian LanguagesFarooq A. Kperogihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13257188893371334162noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-2880796594409949832019-03-19T19:39:43.144-04:002019-03-19T19:39:43.144-04:00Very informative article, Which you have shared he...Very informative article, Which you have shared here about the Arabic Language. After reading your article I got very much information about the origin of Arabic Language and it resolved many of my doubts. If anyone looking for the <a href="https://www.communityofbabel.com/" rel="nofollow">Arabic lesson for Beginners</a>, Visit communityofbabelaaronnssdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02988331064958996587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-19667556269106141082019-03-03T11:34:45.621-05:002019-03-03T11:34:45.621-05:00This information is meaningful and magnificent, Wh...This information is meaningful and magnificent, Which you have shared here about the Arabic Language. I am impressed by the details that you have shared in this post and It reveals how nicely you understand this subject. If anyone looking to <a href="https://arabic.ma/" rel="nofollow">Learn arabic online</a>, Lessane Arabic Center is the best choice.lessanearabihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01235159121731834033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2625710219374323467.post-76915472130257831342012-09-05T06:04:46.595-04:002012-09-05T06:04:46.595-04:00I found it interesting when you said:
"Secon...I found it interesting when you said:<br /><br />"Second, the Middle Eastern myths of origin that most Nigerian ethnic groups cherish about themselves are basically nineteenth-century fictions that British colonialists helped to popularize in order to create collective identities among our disparate ethnic and linguistic groups. Like all myths of origin, they have no basis in truth."<br /><br />Because Batonus believe themselves descendants of Kishra, a Persian prince who fled Arabia after suffering defeat at the hands of the Prophet (pbuh). I vaguely remember my dad telling me as a kid, and to buttress the 'fact' he also told me there are still ligering and glaring anti-Islamic sentiments in some cultural aspects like music, in some of the lyrics especially among some folk singers which are supposedly reminiscent of the defeat of their ancestors. <br /><br />If all this is a myth, then I am curious to know about the real origin of Batonu people. Surely they must have had a sense if identity priot to the arrival of the British.Nananoreply@blogger.com