Mozarabic language

E120179

Romance language extinct language medieval language

Mozarabic language was a now-extinct Romance language once spoken by Christian communities living under Muslim rule in medieval Iberia, notable for its heavy Arabic influence.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Mozarabic	8
Mozarabic language canonical	2
Andalusi Romance	1
Pyrenean–Mozarabic languages	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1039686 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mozarabic language
Context triple: [Ibero-Romance languages, hasMajorLanguage, Mozarabic language]

A. Maiduan languages
Maiduan languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in northeastern California, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
B. Aragonese language
The Aragonese language is a minority Romance language spoken primarily in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, closely related to Spanish and Catalan.
C. Gallo-Romance languages
Gallo-Romance languages are a branch of the Romance language family spoken mainly in parts of France, northern Italy, and neighboring regions, including languages such as French, Occitan, and Catalan.
D. Mozarabic Rite
The Mozarabic Rite is an ancient Western Christian liturgical tradition, historically used by Christians in medieval Muslim-ruled Iberia and still preserved in limited use in parts of Spain.
E. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mozarabic language
Target entity description: Mozarabic language was a now-extinct Romance language once spoken by Christian communities living under Muslim rule in medieval Iberia, notable for its heavy Arabic influence.

A. Maiduan languages
Maiduan languages are a small group of Native American languages once spoken in northeastern California, often classified within the proposed Penutian language family.
B. Aragonese language
The Aragonese language is a minority Romance language spoken primarily in the Aragon region of northeastern Spain, closely related to Spanish and Catalan.
C. Gallo-Romance languages
Gallo-Romance languages are a branch of the Romance language family spoken mainly in parts of France, northern Italy, and neighboring regions, including languages such as French, Occitan, and Catalan.
D. Mozarabic Rite
The Mozarabic Rite is an ancient Western Christian liturgical tradition, historically used by Christians in medieval Muslim-ruled Iberia and still preserved in limited use in parts of Spain.
E. Niçard Occitan
Niçard Occitan is a Romance variety of the Occitan language traditionally spoken in and around the city of Nice in southeastern France.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Romance language ⓘ extinct language ⓘ medieval language ⓘ
alternativeName	Mozarabic language ⓘ surface form: Andalusi Romance Mozarabic language ⓘ surface form: Mozarabic
closelyRelatedTo	Leonese ⓘ surface form: Astur-Leonese Galician language ⓘ surface form: Galician-Portuguese Old Spanish ⓘ
developedFrom	Vulgar Latin ⓘ
documentedIn	jarchas ⓘ kharja poetry ⓘ
extinctInCentury	15th century ⓘ
hasInfluenceFrom	Arabic language ⓘ Latin ⓘ surface form: Latin language
hasLinguisticFeature	Arabic loanwords ⓘ Romance morphology ⓘ Romance syntax ⓘ heavy Arabic lexical influence ⓘ phonological influence from Arabic ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Arabic alphabet ⓘ surface form: Arabic script Hebrew script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
languageBranch	Italic languages ⓘ
languageFamily	Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages
languageSubbranch	Romance languages ⓘ
region	Algarve ⓘ Andalusia ⓘ Murcia ⓘ Toledo ⓘ Valencia ⓘ
spokenIn	Andalusia ⓘ surface form: Al-Andalus Iberian Peninsula ⓘ medieval Portugal ⓘ medieval Spain ⓘ
status	extinct ⓘ
subclassOf	Ibero-Romance language ⓘ Western Romance language ⓘ
timePeriod	10th century ⓘ 11th century ⓘ 12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ 8th century ⓘ 9th century ⓘ Middle Ages ⓘ
usedAlongside	Andalusian Arabic ⓘ surface form: Andalusi Arabic Classical Arabic ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ surface form: Hebrew language
usedBy	Christians living under Muslim rule in Iberia ⓘ Mozarabs ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ibero-Romance languages → hasMajorLanguage → Mozarabic language ⓘ

Aragonese language → subfamilyOf → Mozarabic language ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pyrenean–Mozarabic languages

Kingdom of Murcia → language → Mozarabic language ⓘ