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[–] oberstoffensichtlich@feddit.org 0 points 6 months ago

colonialism

Arab colonialism and conquest is the reason the Arab language is spoken so widely in the first place.

Lots of languages people used to speak have been all but eradicated: Berber, Aramaic, Coptic, Syriac, Persian, and many more.