The Jordan Academy of Arabic ( ar, مجمع اللغة العربية الأردني) is one of the
Arabic language
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walte ...
regulators based in
Amman,
Jordan
Jordan ( ar, الأردن; tr. ' ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan,; tr. ' is a country in Western Asia. It is situated at the crossroads of Asia, Africa, and Europe, within the Levant region, on the East Bank of the Jordan Rive ...
. Besides the Jordan Academy of Arabic, there are 10 other Arabic language and literature regulators in the world.
It has been set up to start by 1924, but could only be in real-life by 1976.
It has a biannual
journal
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*Bullet journal, a method of personal organization
*Diary, a record of what happened over the course of a day or other period
*Daybook, also known as a general journal, a ...
named: "The Journal of Jordan Academy of Arabic" (). Many
dictionaries and occasional publications have been also produced by this Academy, as its interest covers
Arabization of technical and professional terms, facilitating the use of Arabic in
tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education. The World Bank, for example, defines tertiary education as including univers ...
as well as regulating the Arabic language and
literature
Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...
.
History
The founding of the Jordan Academy of Arabic was published in the Journal of the Arab Scientific Academy in Damascus in January, 1924. It was the second
Arabic
Arabic (, ' ; , ' or ) is a Semitic language spoken primarily across the Arab world.Semitic languages: an international handbook / edited by Stefan Weninger; in collaboration with Geoffrey Khan, Michael P. Streck, Janet C. E.Watson; Walter ...
language regulator to be founded in the
Arab world
The Arab world ( ar, اَلْعَالَمُ الْعَرَبِيُّ '), formally the Arab homeland ( '), also known as the Arab nation ( '), the Arabsphere, or the Arab states, refers to a vast group of countries, mainly located in Western A ...
after the Arab Scientific Academy in Damascus which was founded in 1919. Due to the scarcity of financial, scientific and human resources, it was short-lived. A royal decree to re-establish the Jordan Academy of Arabic was issued in 1976. It officially assumed its responsibilities as of the first of October 1976, and joined the Cairo-based
Union of Arab Scientific and Language Academies in 1977.
See also
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Jordanian Arabic
Jordanian Arabic is a dialect continuum of mutually intelligible varieties of Arabic spoken by the population of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.
Jordanian Arabic can be divided into sedentary and Bedouin varieties. Sedentary varieties belong ...
*
Arabic literature
Arabic literature ( ar, الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: ''al-Adab al-‘Arabī'') is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language. The Arabic word used for literature is '' Adab'', which is derived from ...
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List of language regulators
References
External links
Official website (archived)(in Arabic and English)
the Jordan Academy of Arabic website
Arabic language
Arabic language regulators
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