Andalusian Arabic

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Andalusian Arabic was a historical variety of Arabic once spoken in Al-Andalus (the Iberian Peninsula under Muslim rule), notable for its influence on modern Spanish and North African dialects.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Andalusi Arabic 5
Andalusian Arabic canonical 2
Andalusian Arabic culture 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf extinct language variety
historical Arabic dialect
associatedWith Caliphate of Córdoba
Taifa kingdoms of al-Andalus
Umayyad Emirate of Córdoba
linked to: Emirate of Córdoba
closelyRelatedTo Maghrebi Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
declineCause Christian Reconquista of Iberian Peninsula
linked to: Reconquista

expulsion of Muslims from Iberia
language shift to Romance varieties
developedFrom Classical Arabic
documentedIn Arabic poetry of al-Andalus
jarchas
kharjas
medieval Andalusi texts
hasAlternativeName Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic

Hispano-Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
hasNotableFeature contact-induced change with Romance dialects
extensive lexical borrowing into Spanish
merger of some interdental and sibilant consonants
phonological simplification of consonant clusters
vocalic influence from Romance languages
influenced Algerian Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Andalusian Spanish
Ibero-Romance lexicon
Maghrebi Arabic dialects
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Moroccan Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic

Mozarabic
linked to: Mozarabic language

Spanish language
linked to: Spanish

Tunisian Arabic
linked to: Maghrebi Arabic
influencedBy Berber languages
Romance languages of Iberia
languageBranch Semitic languages
languageFamily Afro-Asiatic languages
legacy Arabic loanwords in Spanish
Arabic toponyms in Iberia
loanwords in Catalan
loanwords in Portuguese
substrate influence in North African Arabic
region al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia
spokenIn Al-Andalus
linked to: Andalusia

Iberian Peninsula
subfamilyOf Arabic language
linked to: Arabic
timePeriod 8th century to 15th century
usedBy Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus
some Christian communities in al-Andalus
some Jewish communities in al-Andalus
usedDuring Muslim rule in Iberian Peninsula
writingSystem Arabic script

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Referenced by (9)

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

Kingdom of Granada language Andalusian Arabic
Mozarabic language usedAlongside Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Mālaqa associatedWithCulture Andalusian Arabic culture
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Tlemcen Arabic hasInfluenceFrom Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Islamic West historicalLanguage Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Andalusian Arabic hasAlternativeName Hispano-Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Andalusian Arabic hasAlternativeName Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Taifa of Málaga language Andalusi Arabic
linked to: Andalusian Arabic
Arabic language continuum hasPart Andalusian Arabic