Re: which languages use arabic alphabet?

On 2 hein=E4, 05:17, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jul 1, 8:05 pm, phogl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
> > > > > > Are you suggesting that there is something morally
reprehensibl=
e about
> > > > > > focusing on standard languages officially sanctioned?-
>
> > > > > It's not something a linguist would do.
>
> > > > What about a philologist?-
>
> > > Find an Arabic philologist who takes any interest at all in anything
> > > written in the last couple of centuries (or since 1000 AH).
>
> > Do you suggest there is no modern literature worth mentioning?-
>
> Modern Islamic literature is not studied in traditional philologically
> oriented departments, but in "area studies" departments.

I see. Well, then I can just this once admit, that I have used the
word "philology" erroneously in English, under the interference of my
native language.