Duchess Kate Middleton spoke Arabic before English due to early childhood spent in Amman, Jordan

Express UK ^ | 2018 | Rebecca Perring

[silverleaf]

But her second language was not English
English family with kid in English speaking school
Typical upper middle class expat trying to tell us they went native
Uh no

[Peter ODonnell]

I see this as proof of nothing.

[CondoleezzaProtege]

But the British Royals seem to have totally sold out in odd ways to the Islamic world.

Jesus of Nazareth spoke in Aramaic, which bears some resemblance to Arabic.

Plenty of Christians in Lebanon, Syria, et al. speak Arabic. For an Islamic country, Jordan is relatively moderate. It's a former British imperial holding and its own monarchy's relationship with England's goes way back. The country is also a key U.S. ally.

The Impostor Mohammed did not appear in the Arab world until 600 A.D.

That being said, Kate Middleton did learn some of the Quran:

I've read that her pre-school teacher says: "We would read one verse from the Quran to improve the children's Arabic and tell stories about the Prophet's companions, like Omar Bin Khattab. Catherine learned nursery rhymes in Arabic and she could sing 'Happy Birthday' in Arabic before she could do so in English. She learnt her colors in Arabic..."

"The children celebrated Christmas, when Mrs Nabulsi dressed as Santa Claus, and Ramadan, when a drum-playing Musarati was invited to entertain the children."

[Olog-hai]

Aramaic has a closer relationship to Hebrew than to Arabic FWICS. Parts of the book of Daniel are written in the Aramaic language, due to the Babylonian influence.

There was a bit of contention between Netanyahu and Pope Francis over which language Jesus spoke, back in May of 2014; Netanyahu said Jesus spoke Hebrew but the pontiff insisted it was Aramaic. There is no question that Jesus knew both languages, of course.

BTW, Arabic “akbar” has no relation to Hebrew “akbar” and/or Aramaic “akhbara”, the latter two words meaning “mouse”.

[Mears]

Kids that young just playing with other kids,listening to tradespeople speak,hearing a radio/TV,or even help around the house will absorb the language like a sponge.

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[House Atreides]

Puffery
If she arrived there at age 2 she knew “ her mother tongue’
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And dont tell us the household spoke only arabic for 2 years
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Party pooper! ;-)