Re: New to the List, too

Basilius wrote:
>I'm not sure what type of correspondence you point to, but Arabic
>emphatic /d./ was indeed /d._l/ in some early dialects. E. g.
>/alqad.(i)/ becomes _alcalde_ in Spanish (borrowed from Andalusian
>dialect). And there was something similar with Arabic borrowings into
>Malay.>
The only one that pops to mind is Ml. /p@rlu/ 'to need' (written perlu in
Bahasa Indonesia).  The Arabic form cited as model is usually given as
"fadlu".
Another curiosity:  Arabic borrowings with original /g/  occasionally turn
up with Ml/In /dZ/, written "j". No examples come to mind at the moment,
sorry.  Some peculiarity in the pronunciation of Ar. /g/?   Where would Arab
traders in the period ca. 900-1300 C.E. have come from?  IIRC mainly from
the Hadramaut, so perhaps a dialectal pronunciation?