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Re: qis iscijat a linuva "afer?"

From:Roger Mills <romilly@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 19, 2000, 4:48
>whether the Afer would use the verb iscijare for languages (perhaps >itejulegare, Lat. intellegere? I'm trying to avoid polysemy).
What's wrong with _sapere_? Although this unique (I think) retention of scio would be noteworthy. Any Berber influence? If this is taking place around Augustine's time, don't forget the Vandals. Also, pre-Islamic, so probably no vast Arabic influence for a while. Do we know the ethnic make up of the native North Africans? Phoenician + Berber, or what?