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Andalusian Arabic

Andalusian Arabic
Period VIII - XVII century
Extinction XVII century
Region Al-Andalus
Typology VSO inflectional
Classification by family
Language codes
ISO 639-1 -
ISO 639-2 -
ISO 639-3 xaa
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The Andalusian Arabic (also known as the Arabic Al Andalus Spanish or Arabic) was a dialect of Arabic spoken in lands under Muslim sovereignty of Spain and Portugal Modern ( Al-Andalus ). It became an extinct language in the Iberian Peninsula after the expulsion of the Moors who followed the Reconquista , although it is still used in Arab-Andalusian music and has significantly influenced the dialects of several cities in the Maghreb : Tetouan , Fez , Rabat , Tangier , Marrakech , Essaouira , Casablanca - Anfa, Tlemcen , Nedroma , Mostaganem , Cherchell , Algiers.

He also exerted some influence on the Mozarabic , the Castilian , Catalan , Portuguese and dialects of Arabic Moroccan and Algerian.

The Andalusian Arabic appears to have singled out quickly and widely spoken in most parts of Al-Andalus between the ninth and fifteenth centuries. During the eleventh and twelfth centuries, it seems it has reached its peak, the speakers were estimated around 5 to 7 million. Internal Links


Varieties of Arabic
Western Arabic
Iberian Andalou
Maghreb Moroccan Algerian Tunisia
Sicilian-Arab Sicilian Arabic Maltese
Bedouin Libyan Saharan Hassania
Eastern Arabic
Nile Egyptian Saidi Sudan Chad
Levantine Syrian-Lebanese-Palestinian ( Lebanese Syrian Central North Syrian Palestinian urban ) Jordanian-Palestinian Palestinian Bedouin Cyprus
Mesopotamian Iraq ( gilit qeltu ) Anatolian Khuzestan Tajiks Uzbeki
Arabic Gulf Nejd Hejaz Yemen ( Sanaa of Taiz and Aden of Hadramaut ) Omanis Baharna Dhofar Shihhi
Variety diglossic Modern Standard Arabic Arabic dialect
Judeo-Arabic Judeo-Algerian Judeo-Moroccan Judeo-Tunisian Judeo-Tripolitanian Judeo-Yemeni Judeo-Iraqi
Hoops Arab Sudanese Creole Nubi Babalia


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