Back in the day, Arabs would send their children to the desert so that they would learn proper Arabic, as it was the most pure form, not mixed with other tongues or dialects. Not to mention learning other skills like survivability and patience and so on.
Fortunately, the Muslims went to great length to preserve the history and culture, even as globalization etches away at it. There's a reason we take great pride in how our religion and traditions have been preserved (all by the Grace of God of course).