Re: Arabic article (was: Corpses)

Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
> It was the Berber who made out the bulk of the
> muslim armies in Spain who treated the Arabic
> article as part of the word because Berber
> lacks definite articles.  Berber langs still
> treat the article of new Arabic loans as
> part of the word.
So, did those Berber armies speak a (possibly creolized) dialect of
Arabic that, like their native language, lacked articles, or did they
speak Berber, with Arabic loans?  And if so, then when did Arabic arrive
in Spain?

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