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Sub-Saharan lexical influence in North African Arabic and Berber

Lameen Souag

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This article discusses sub-Saharan loans in North Africa, many of them previously unidentified. While Hausa influence is most widespread, Songhay is a close second, and Manding and Kanuri have also played a role. Most loans are limited either geographically to the Saharan region or socially to the context of ex-slaves' music and organisations; however, four plant names have passed into general usage even in some coastal areas. Sub-Saharan influence on Ghadames Berber is particularly profound, including the borrowing of a new word class of ideophones.
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halshs-01376224 , version 1 (04-10-2016)

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Lameen Souag. Sub-Saharan lexical influence in North African Arabic and Berber. Lafkioui, Mena. African Arabic: Approaches to Dialectology, 258, Mouton de Gruyter, pp.211-236, 2013, Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs, 978-3-11-029232-9. ⟨halshs-01376224⟩
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