Siculo-Arabic

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Siculo-Arabic was a medieval variety of Arabic spoken in Sicily and parts of southern Italy that significantly influenced the development of the Maltese language.

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Label Occurrences
Siculo-Arabic canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language
extinct language
variety of Arabic
causeOfExtinction Latinization of Sicily
expulsion or conversion of Muslims in Sicily
closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic
surface form: Tunisian Arabic
developedFrom Classical Arabic
Maghrebi Arabic
surface form: Maghrebi Arabic dialects
endTime 13th century
era Middle Ages
extinctionDate 13th century
hasDescendant Maltese
surface form: Maltese language
influenced Maltese language
Sicilian language
southern Italian dialects
ISOStatus no ISO 639-3 code (extinct, reconstructed)
languageFamily Arabic
Semitic languages
languageOf Muslim population of medieval Sicily
some Christian and Jewish communities in medieval Sicily
lexicalInfluenceFrom Greek
Latin
Romance languages
lexicalInfluenceOn Maltese vocabulary
morphologicalInfluenceOn Maltese morphology
phonologicalInfluenceOn Maltese phonology
primaryAncestorOf Maltese
surface form: Maltese language
region Central Mediterranean
Mediterranean
replacedBy Italian language
Sicilian language
spokenIn Emirate of Sicily
Kingdom of Sicily
Sicily
Southern Italy
surface form: southern Italy
startTime 9th century
status extinct
subclassOf Afroasiatic language
Central Semitic language
Maghrebi Arabic
syntacticInfluenceOn Maltese syntax
writingSystem Arabic script

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Maltese developedFrom Siculo-Arabic
Maltese people languageSubstrate Siculo-Arabic