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The Arabic chat alphabet, Arabizi, [1] Arabeezi, Arabish, Franco-Arabic or simply Franco [2] (from franco-arabe) refer to the romanized alphabets for informal Arabic dialects in which Arabic script is transcribed or encoded into a combination of Latin script and Arabic numerals.
Franco escapes and arrives at a train station. Not understanding that he is in Egypt, he attempts to purchase a railway ticket to his home in Palermo, but cannot speak Arabic. A nearby Italian priest helps him by explaining where he is, and Franco treats the man to a cappuccino at the station bar.
Arabic remains the lingua franca for 23 countries (24 with Palestine), in the Middle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa, in addition to Chad and Eritrea. Despite a few language script conversions from Arabic to Latin as just described, Arabic is the second most widely used alphabetic system in the world after Latin. [7]
Franco, Ciccio e il pirata Barbanera, a 1969 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Amendola Franco, ese hombre , a 1964 documentary film by Spanish director José Luis Sáenz de Heredia "Franco" or "Franco-Arabic", the Arabic chat alphabet
A lingua franca (/ ˌ l ɪ ŋ ɡ w ə ˈ f r æ ŋ k ə /; lit. ' Frankish tongue '; for plurals see § Usage notes), also known as a bridge language, common language, trade language, auxiliary language, link language or language of wider communication (LWC), is a language systematically used to make communication possible between groups of people who do not share a native language or dialect ...
Yamli.com (Arabic: يملي yamlī, "[he] dictates") is an Internet start-up focused on addressing the problems specific to the Arabic web. Yamli currently offers two main products: the smart Arabic keyboard, and Yamli Arabic Search. The smart Arabic keyboard allows users to type Arabic without an Arabic keyboard from within their web browser.
See also External links A abricot' ("apricot"): from Catalan albercoc, derived from the Arabic al barqūq (أَلْبَرْقُوق) which is itself borrowed from Late Greek praikokkion derived from Latin præcoquum, meaning "(the) early fruit" adoble (" adobe "): from Spanish adobe, derived from the Arabic al-ṭūb (الطوب) meaning "(the) brick of dried earth" albacore (" albacore ...
Moroccan Arabic (Arabic: العربية المغربية الدارجة, romanized: al-ʻArabiyyah al-Maghribiyyah ad-Dārija [3] lit. ' Moroccan vernacular Arabic '), also known as Darija (الدارجة or الداريجة [3]), is the dialectal, vernacular form or forms of Arabic spoken in Morocco.