The Andalusian dialect of the Arabic language , also the Andalusian-Arabic language ( Arabic اللهجة الأندلسية , Spanish .rabe andalusí ) is one of the medieval varieties of the Arabic language that has spread in the Muslim lands of Iberia ( Cordoba Caliphate ) and the Balearic Islands, ruled in the " Moors " VIII-XVI centuries. It was gradually replaced by Romance languages ( Spanish , Portuguese , Catalan ) at the end of the Reconquista . Partially preserved among the so-called Mudejar until the XVII century.
| Andalusian Arabic | |
|---|---|
| Self name | |
| Countries | Spain |
| Status | extinct |
| Extinct | XVII century |
| Classification | |
| Category | Languages of Eurasia |
Afrasian macro family
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| Writing | arabic alphabet , ( hut andalusi ) |
| Language Codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | - |
| ISO 639-2 | - |
| ISO 639-3 | xaa |
| IETF | |
| Glottolog | |
Feature
Belonged to the Arab group of Semitic-Hamitic languages, was close to the Moroccan dialects from which it originated. The linguistic situation in Muslim Spain was complex, multi-level. Ethnic Arabs themselves , native speakers of the Arabic language, made up no more than 5% of all Muslims in the country and only about 1% of the population of the peninsula. Most Muslims of the caliphate were Berbers , mercenaries of the Arab armies recruited in the Maghreb countries, slaves of various origins (including Sakaliba ), as well as Islamic groups of the autochthonous Roman-speaking population ( Mosarabs ). Diglossia and multilingualism were very common. Classical Arabic was used to record texts, while colloquial speech was an oral Andalusian-Arabic language. In Muslim Spain in the 9th – 11th centuries, classical Arabic became a literary language not only for Muslims, but also for local Christians. It is estimated that the number of people who own it during this period reached 6–7 million people, however, even during the period of maximum Arabization, the Mosarab language was quite well preserved among Christian communities and, apparently, continued to be their main everyday language, despite the fact that He recorded in Arabic script Alhamyado . The number of Arabic speakers was significant only in the southeast of the country. Written monuments some features of the language are recorded in folk poems and prose since the IX century, the last documents are several business letters) belong to the beginning of the XVII century and were written in the city of Valencia the day before. Moreover, already in 1567, the Spanish king by a special decree completely prohibited any use of the Arabic language anywhere. The expulsion of the Morisks put an end to the existence of the dialect.
See also
- Hut andalusi
- Arabism in spanish