Siculo-Arabic

Proper noun

Meaning

Siculo-Arabic

A variety of Arabic that was spoken in the Emirate of Sicily.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

Grammar Maltese grammar is fundamentally derived from Siculo-Arabic, although Romance and English noun pluralization patterns are also used on borrowed words. Source: Internet

Malta has two official languages-- Maltese (a Semitic language derived from Siculo-Arabic and heavily influenced by Sicilian and Italian), and English. Source: Internet

Maltese is a Semitic language descended from the now defunct Sicilian-Arabic ( Siculo-Arabic ) dialect (from southern Italy ). Source: Internet

Since the attested vocabulary of Siculo-Arabic is limited, the following table compares cognates in Maltese and some other varieties of Arabic (all forms are written phonetically, as in the source): Alan S. Kaye & Judith Rosenhouse. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Siculi Siculian Siculo- Siculo-Norman Siculo-Punic Sicyon