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Re: Maltese Phonology

From:John Cowan <jcowan@...>
Date:Tuesday, March 25, 2003, 21:55
Andreas Johansson scripsit:

> Reminds me. I saw "Ferengistan" as a name of France somewhere, in a Middle > East context I believe. Looks vaguely Turkish to me. Does anybody recognize it?
Sure. "fereng" ~ "farang" is from "Frank", although it has extended meanings: Crusader, European, trader, white person. The Arabs carried it to lots of languages, including to places like Thailand where Islam didn't catch on. Because "-istan" is such a common country ending, it would be hard to pin down the exact source language. -- You are a child of the universe no less John Cowan than the trees and all other acyclic http://www.reutershealth.com graphs; you have a right to be here. http://www.ccil.org/~cowan --DeXiderata by Sean McGrath jcowan@reutershealth.com

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