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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/11133| Title: | Maltese christian words of Arabic origin |
| Authors: | Aquilina, Joseph |
| Keywords: | Arabic language -- Influence on Maltese Language and languages -- Etymology Language and languages -- Religious aspects -- Christianity |
| Issue Date: | 1972 |
| Publisher: | Société nationale d'édition et de diffusion |
| Citation: | Aquilina, Joseph. "Maltese Christian Words of Arabic Origin." Proc. of Congrès D'études Des Cultures Méditerranéennes D'influence Arabo-berbère, Malta. Ed. Micheline Galley and David R. Marshall. Alger: Société Nationale D'édition Et De Diffusion, 1972. p. 70-74. |
| Abstract: | Religious vocabulary of Maltese and Arab origin. Having defined how the Maltese language today in Malta and Gozo as a fundamentally Arabic dialect, the author addresses the problem of religious vocabulary. The author has grouped these Maltese-Arabic religious words into four (4) groups : (1) words that are common to Christian Arabic; (2) words which occur in Islam but are adapted to a Christian context (Christianised Muslim words); (3) local formations from Arabic roots; and (4) a few sporadic Byzantine (Greek) relics strictly speaking outside the scope this paper. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/11133 |
| Appears in Collections: | Melitensia Works - ERCL&LMlt |
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