Naftah Programming Language : Let's write programs in Tunisian/Arabic, like living in Naftah. نفطه: لغة برمجة، لنكتب برامج باللغة العربية وكأننا نعيش في نفطه.
# Naftah Programming Language : Let's write programs in Tunisian/Arabic, like living in Naftah
# نفطه: لغة برمجة، لنكتب برامج باللغة العربية وكأننا نعيش في نفطه
## 🌟 Motivation: Why I Created Naftah
As a **Tunisian** and an **Arabic speaker** passionate about programming, I was always searching for a programming
language that uses **Tunisian/Arabic naturally** — not just in keywords, but in structure, logic, and **support for dialects**,
including my own Tunisian dialect.
I wanted something that makes programming feel **familiar, intuitive, and accessible**,
especially for those of us who **don’t speak English fluently**.
But after years of searching, I found that **no existing Tunisian/Arabic programming language truly met those needs**. Most were
limited, overly simplistic, or not designed with real-world learning and development in mind. None of them made me feel
like I could write code the way I speak and think in Tunisian/Arabic.
What pushed me even more was seeing how many people around me — **students, kids, and even adults** — struggle to learn
programming **not because it’s too hard**, but because of the **language barrier**. Most programming resources,
documentation, and languages are in English. And for many, especially **young kids**, this makes it almost impossible to
start.
> You shouldn’t have to learn a foreign language just to learn how to think logically or create something with code.
That’s why I created **Naftah** — a modern, expressive, and educational programming language written **entirely in
Arabic**, with built-in support for **dialects**, including **Tunisian Arabic**. Naftah allows people to write code in a
way that feels close to how they speak, think, and understand the world around them.
I built Naftah using the **best ideas and syntax patterns from popular programming languages**,
blending them with the **richness of the Arabic language**and the **diversity of dialects**.
My goal is to make programming accessible to **everyone* …