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Linguistics Society Hosts a Talk on the Linguistic Features of Muş Arabic
The Linguistics Society of Muş Alparslan University organized a talk entitled “The Linguistic Features of Muş Arabic: Continuity and Change in Relation to Classical Arabic” on 4 November 2026. The event was held in Room AS 102 at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, with Associate Professor Dr. Sevda Çetin, a faculty member of the Department of Arabic Language and Rhetoric, Basic Islamic Sciences, Faculty of Theology, as the guest speaker.
The event began with an opening speech delivered on behalf of the society. The speech emphasized that Türkiye is a linguistically rich region and that the varieties of languages spoken in our immediate surroundings are of great importance to linguistic studies.
In her talk, Associate Professor Dr. Sevda Çetin first provided an overview of the Arabic dialects spoken in Türkiye and then introduced the settlements where Muş Arabic, which belongs to the qəltu group of Mesopotamian Arabic, is spoken. She subsequently compared Muş Arabic with Classical Arabic in terms of phonology, morphology, and syntax. The presentation addressed various topics through examples, including the use of sounds absent from Classical Arabic, vowel and consonant changes, singular, dual, and plural forms, noun and adjective constructions, and sentence structures. The linguistic influences of contact with Turkish and Kurdish on Muş Arabic were also among the topics that attracted particular attention.
During the question-and-answer session following the presentation, participants asked the speaker questions about the current use of Muş Arabic, its transmission across generations, and its relationship with other Arabic dialects.
The event concluded with the presentation of a certificate of appreciation to Associate Professor Dr. Sevda Çetin, followed by a group photograph.
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