摘要
Palestine became a predominantly Arab country with a Muslim majority in the late seventh century.Known to the entire Muslim world by its Arabic name,Filastin,Palestine’s physical characteristics and boundaries were consolidated in the seventh century.In the case of the Palestinian version of Arabic Nationalism,language was also crucial to the formation of a national identity.At the turn of the 20th century,the Ottoman Empire and all its constituents started losing land and power,many provinces,including Palestine,were left to consider their options.Standard Arabic provides a medium of communication over the vast geographical area whose numerous and widely diverse local dialects it transcends and the Levantine Arabic spoken by Palestinians in the Diaspora gives the Palestinians in many countries a sense of identity and awareness of their common cultural heritage.
