The Most Famous
LINGUISTS from Saudi Arabia
This page contains a list of the greatest Saudi Arabian Linguists. The pantheon dataset contains 214 Linguists, 1 of which were born in Saudi Arabia. This makes Saudi Arabia the birth place of the 31st most number of Linguists behind Pakistan, and Slovenia.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Saudi Arabian Linguists of all time. This list of famous Saudi Arabian Linguists is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali (603 - 689)
With an HPI of 63.74, Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali is the most famous Saudi Arabian Linguist. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Abu al-Aswad ad-Duʾali (Arabic: أَبُو ٱلْأَسْوَد ٱلدُّؤَلِيّ, Abū al-ʾAswad al-Duʾalīy; c.-16 BH/603 – 69 AH/688/89), whose full name is ʾAbū al-Aswad Ẓālim ibn ʿAmr ibn Sufyān ibn Jandal ibn Yamār ibn Hīls ibn Nufātha ibn al-ʿĀdi ibn ad-Dīl ibn Bakr, surnamed ad-Dīlī, or ad-Duwalī, was the poet companion of Ali bin Abu Talib and was one of the earliest, if not the earliest, Arab grammarians. He is known for writing the earliest treatise on Arabic grammar, through study of the Quran, explaining why he is sometimes known as the "Father of Arabic Grammar." ad-Du'alī is said to have introduced the use of diacritics (consonant and vowel markings) to writing, and to have written the earliest treatises on Arabic linguistics, and grammar (nahw). He had many students and followers. With the expansion of the early Islamic Empire, with new converts to Islam wishing to be able to recite and understand the Quran, the adoption of a formalised system of Arabic grammar became necessary, and ad-Du'ali helped develop it, such as with the concepts of Nahw and Taskheel. His science of grammar led in turn, to the establishment of the first great School of grammarians at Basrah, that would be rivalled only by the school at Kufah.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Saudi Arabian linguists born between 603 and 603. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Saudi Arabian linguists include Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali.
