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Factors Affecting Non-Muslim Students Of Faculty Of Humanities Of Universitas Indonesia Towards Arabic, Catherine Manurung, Letmiros Letmiros Jan 2023

Factors Affecting Non-Muslim Students Of Faculty Of Humanities Of Universitas Indonesia Towards Arabic, Catherine Manurung, Letmiros Letmiros

International Review of Humanities Studies

Arabic is a foreign language commonly spoken by many people all over the world; moreover, internationally, it plays such a strategic role. Nevertheless, Indonesian non-Muslims have a relatively low interest in Arabic. We can observe it from the relatively low number of non-Muslims who major in Arabic literature in various universities all over Indonesia. Therefore, this is such an interesting phenomenon to be studied. We think that this phenomenon takes place due to their inappropriate or incorrect perceptions towards Arabic. This study is aimed at identifying various factors affecting the perception of non-Muslim students of Faculty of Humanities of Universitas …


Islamic Cultural And Arabic Linguistic Influence On The Languages Of Nusantara; From Lexical Borrowing To Localized Islamic Lifestyles, Choirul Mahfud, Rika Astari, Abdurrohman Kasdi, Muhammad Arfan Mu'ammar, Muyasaroh Muyasaroh, Firdaus Wajdi Apr 2021

Islamic Cultural And Arabic Linguistic Influence On The Languages Of Nusantara; From Lexical Borrowing To Localized Islamic Lifestyles, Choirul Mahfud, Rika Astari, Abdurrohman Kasdi, Muhammad Arfan Mu'ammar, Muyasaroh Muyasaroh, Firdaus Wajdi

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article reviews the breadth of the influence of Arabic on the languages of Nusantara, from the early arrival of Islam in the archipelago to the modern era.1 Focusing on both linguistics and culture, we pay attention to precolonial exchanges, regional languages – in particular Bima, Sasak, Javanese, Sundanese, and Bugis – and the recent influence of Arabic and Islamic culture on the development of technological products, Islamic financial systems, and Islamic lifestyles in contemporary Indonesia. From era to era, Arabic has not only played a role in enriching the vocabulary of the languages of Nusantara, it has also contributed …


Indonesian–Arabic Translation Of Phatic Expression In Webtoon “Flawless”, Sarah Aufa Washila, Wiwin Triwinarti Jul 2019

Indonesian–Arabic Translation Of Phatic Expression In Webtoon “Flawless”, Sarah Aufa Washila, Wiwin Triwinarti

International Review of Humanities Studies

This research studies phatic particles translation from Indonesian to Arabic. The discussed translation here includes phatic expression equivalence and translation and form shift. The aim of the study is to analyse the equivalence of phatic expression from Indonesian to Arabic and to look over shift of translation and form so the message from source language is delivered reasonably to target language. The method applied in the study is qualitative descriptive. 105 data were gathered from a webtoon entitled “Flawless” episode 1-10, in Indonesian and Arabic version. To analyse the data, theory of phatic particles in Indonesian from Kridalaksana (1994) is …


Arabic: Why Indonesians Have To Learn It?, Letmiros Letmiros Jul 2019

Arabic: Why Indonesians Have To Learn It?, Letmiros Letmiros

International Review of Humanities Studies

Arabic has many virtues. The first virtue of Arabic is that it is part of Islam. Then, Arabic as one of the old languages in the world has an amazing history of civilization. Furthermore, Arabic is an international language that has been used as one of the official languages of the United Nations since 1973. Because of these advantages, Arabic is interesting to be studied and researched by non-Arabs including by Indonesians. Arabic is studied, in addition to the purpose or because of the factors of Islam, also because of the factors of world life, for the demands of work …


Southeast Asian Manuscripts From The Collection Of Sir Hans Sloane In The British Library, Annabel Teh Gallop Apr 2019

Southeast Asian Manuscripts From The Collection Of Sir Hans Sloane In The British Library, Annabel Teh Gallop

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) was the founding father of the British Museum and its Library, which later became the British Library. Sloane’s vast collections of natural history specimens, coins, medals, ethnographic items, and books included four thousand manuscripts, twelve of which were from Southeast Asia. These twelve Southeast Asian manuscripts, including eight from the Indonesian archipelago, are described in detail here. Although Sloane is not known to have had personal connections with Southeast Asia or any particular interest in the region, this small collection nonetheless encompasses an exceptionally wide range of the languages, scripts, writing supports and books formats found …