ʿAbd-Allāh ibn Abī Isḥāq al-Ḥaḍramī, was an Arab from Yemen and is considered the first grammarian of the Arabic language. He compiled a prescriptive grammar by referring to the usage of the Bedouins, whose language was seen as especially pure. He is also considered the first person to use linguistic analogy in Arabic.
Writers born in the 650s 6
About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 650 to 735 · aged 85
Written about in
11 languages
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