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'''Hiberno-Arabic''', natively ''el Ḃreatainìje'' [ə{{adv}}lʲ vʲɾʲə{{adv}}tʰˠʌˈnʲiːjə{{adv}}], is a heavily Hibernized variety of spoken historical Arabic native to and official in the Dynjan island nation of el Ḃreatain. Speakers may simply call the language ''teangatna'' [ˈt̪ʰʲæ̃ːʔˠʌt{{den}}ˠʰn{{den}}ˠʌ] 'our language'. | '''Hiberno-Arabic''', natively ''el Ḃreatainìje'' [ə{{adv}}lʲ vʲɾʲə{{adv}}tʰˠʌˈnʲiːjə{{adv}}], is a heavily Hibernized variety of spoken historical Arabic native to and official in the Dynjan island nation of el Ḃreatain. Speakers may simply call the language ''teangatna'' [ˈt̪ʰʲæ̃ːʔˠʌt{{den}}ˠʰn{{den}}ˠʌ] 'our language'. | ||
Irish loanwords, called ''clèm Ȝagmìje'' (from Arabic ''{{ayin}}aǧamiyyah'' 'foreign' → 'Irish'), comprise over half of Hiberno-Arabic vocabulary. Besides Irish, Hiberno-Arabic has borrowed from French. Some Irish vocabulary in Hiberno-Arabic, called ''Nua-Ȝagmìje'' 'neo-<i>Ȝagmìje</i>', are in fact coinages by Hiberno- | Irish loanwords, called ''clèm Ȝagmìje'' (from Arabic ''{{ayin}}aǧamiyyah'' 'foreign' → 'Irish'), comprise over half of Hiberno-Arabic vocabulary. Besides Irish, Hiberno-Arabic has borrowed from French. Some Irish vocabulary in Hiberno-Arabic, called ''Nua-Ȝagmìje'' 'neo-<i>Ȝagmìje</i>', are in fact coinages by speakers of Hiberno-Arabic. It is the only Dynjan Semitic language that evolved naturally under Celtic influence. Hiberno-Arabic is also mutually intelligible with many Dynjan Neo-Arabic languages. | ||
The main motivation for Hiberno-Arabic is aesthetic and grammatical similarities between Irish and Arabic, including: | The main motivation for Hiberno-Arabic is aesthetic and grammatical similarities between Irish and Arabic, including: |
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