The Origin of the Glottal Stop in the Words of the Libyan Dialect

Abstract

In general linguistic research, the study of Arabic dialects , which have not been studied by researchers, and the study of any language historically is only done through the study of its dialects. The latter is  not existent or almost not existent in heritage books. We are not talking about a specific language, but it is a way to reach different goals in their studies. The study of Arab dialects in different tribes and  countries is a linguistic asset that many researchers overlook nowadays, because of its close contact with the sciences of the Qur’an and its readings, the noble hadith, and Arabic poetry, as well as the extent of knowing the origins of its modern dialects. These dialects reveal to researchers and scholars the stages that these dialects passed  through. And since this is the case of the language, especially after the revelation of the Noble Qur’an, it is steadfast in its sounds, words and grammatical structures, and it is not weak. Moreover, It takes place on the tongues of people in a way that its words are close to what was spoken by some of our ancestors, and when this was the case we took in this research - the glottal stop - because of its many changes in its characteristics among ancient and modern linguists. As a result, we studied this sound in  the Libyan dialect, whether it is at the beginning, middle or end of the word. In addition,  we investigsted whether this voice that we speak today in the word has an origin in the dialects of the ancient Arabs - that is, it corresponds to one of the dialects of the Arabs . Then if there is an occurrence of this voice previously, we attribute it to classical Arabic regardless of some of the changes that have occurred in this voice, including pronunciation, easiness and deletion.