When was classical Arabic no longer spoken? i.e. when did street Arabic originate?

Answer 1

the others avoided a direct answer, but I'll clarify it.

Classical Arabic began to break up into various dialects of the street Arabic after the conquest of the Middle East by Islamic armies. but even in pre-islamic days there were different dialects of Classical Arabic. the one which got the upper hand was that of the Qureish tribe of Arabia.

anyhow, just like the Romans took their spoken Latin into Western Europe, in each area the latin was influenced by the underlying preceding language, like Celtic in Spain, and germanic in other areas, Gradually Latin broke down into dialectgs which evolved as SEPARATE LANGUAGES.

Well the same happened to Classical Arabic. In Egypt it was influenced by the coptic & In Syria, Lebanon by the Aramaic, in North Africa by the Berber tongue, etc.etc.etc. And this all happened during the Middle Ages starting from before 1000 years ago, at least. It happened gradually, slowly, but it happend.

In Arabic, various sub-groups speak somewhat differently, Christians in some countries, and jews too, speak their own peculiar way. Women speak differently than men - everywhere.
Street Arabic is common vulgar spoken Arabic, at home with the family & friends, wherever, informally, and never written down.

But the classical & written language is not spoken naturally any more than Latin can be spoken naturally (and it can - but in a phony manner) It's almost like 2 different languages existing side by side. something like people in china who speak their dialect at home but have to learn Mandarin for school & outside contacts.
Except that some people speak Mandarin naturally in the Beijing area. But nobody speaks classical Arabic from birth growing up with their family & the kids on the street. the spoken common Arabic differs sharply from country to country. and is not readily mutually intelligible. I know when I speak common Syrian Arabic to folks from Egypt , Morocco & yemen & other places they look at me with a blank stare - not fully understanding my words at all.

And the reverse holds true. but spoken Arabic is the real living language of daily life, outside of school & telecommunications.

Hope I've helped. Email me back for any more info

Answer 2

Why do you call it street Arabic? That's undignified. Each country has its national form of Arabic, that is a normal development in a language when it is spoken over a large geographical area, so you can speak of colloquial Arabic.

Answer 3

refer you r question to encyclopedia for correct answer

Answer 4

what are you talking about.???.why would you know this...omg .