Coding the Entire Arabic Lexicon into Memory

Dear Fellow Memosphericists,

Given that Arabic is perhaps the world's most formulaic language, it seems possible to cube the alphabet to systemically explore and remember all the words in the Arabic lexicon.  Virtually all Arabic words consist of 3 core consonants (called radicals) that form the root verb and core meaning of the word.  Imagine that if this were the case in English, the word for chair would be sitter, or something like that, because it would have to come from sit.  Actually, the world "seat" does work that way--the consonants stay the same, only the vowels change.  That's how all words work in Arabic.  So here is the basic formula:

Arabic words =
consonants "X" + "Y" + "Z" + (interlaced vowels and affixes in a predictable rule based manner)

If we create 3 memory models for each of these 3 letters and multiply them together we have a mental filing structure for all the words in the Arabic lexicon.  We begin by considering all the possible "radicals" in Arabic root words.  If you also add the four extra Persian letters to the Arabic alphabet for possible exotic imports to the language (perhaps from Rumi poety), we get a total of 32 Consonants.  We then chose 32 locations around the globe to represent our first 32 letters.  Then we follow the path of a compass from the center out along each of our branches in two step for each branch plus the center (1 + 16 times 2), as I'll explain in more depth later.  This gives us another 33 sub-regions inside of our 32 major geographic regions.  We added an extra location meaning "nothing" (the center) in case we have a short word like a preposition with only one radical.  Finally, we plant a standard prefabricated Mayan pyramid model at our sub-region to split that spot into 33 more options for our final radical.

Here are the two maps and the compass pattern to consider for this "1, 2, 3 done" memorization device:

For Radical 1: The World divided into 32 regions for IPCC climate studies.
http://www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/wg2/en/ch2s2-4-6-1.html

For Radical 2: We divide each of our regions up like a pie with a compass into 32 more sub-sets each:

If we don't want to move in and out from the center to get thirty two points, we could expand fully:

 

Finally, for the 3rd radical we use my own special construction of a Mayan Memory Matrix:

As we start exploring these tools, I will explain my matrix further.  For now, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask in the comment box below.

Salaam,

Tauth