Maghrebians (or Mauri) speak Magharibi, not Arabic
<p class="western" align="justify"><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">After defeating and pushing aside the Carthaginians, the Romans named the terri...
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Academy Publishing Center
2023-03-01
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| Series: | Insights into Language, Culture and Communication |
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| Online Access: | http://apc.aast.edu/ojs/index.php/ILCC/article/view/593 |
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| Summary: | <p class="western" align="justify"><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">After defeating and pushing aside the Carthaginians, the Romans named the territory of north Africa Mauretania and</span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR"> its population, </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">Mauri</span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">. Later on, historians have had to reflect on the origin of the term mauri to</span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR"> designate the population or </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">Mauretania </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">to name the territory. Besides the signification of the Latin/Greek word « mauri » which means « black », it is admitted, as well, that the word Mauri is a transcription, into the Latin alphabet, of a punic word meaning « the west » or « the westerners ». If the latter meaning is 2000 years old, the other approbation is relatively modern and suspected of ideological biases. The punic word </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">maġaribis, </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">transcribed </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">mauri/ma’ari/mahauri</span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">, really makes sense since it means </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">the west </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">in Punic - the 15 century-long North African </span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">lingua franca</span></span></span><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">.</span></span></span></p><p class="western" align="justify"><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="western" align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">Received: 11 February 2023 </span></span></span></strong></p><p class="western" align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">Accepted: 21 February 2023 </span></span></span></strong></p><p class="western" align="justify"><strong><span style="color: #0e101a;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="fr-FR">Published: 20 March 2023</span></span></span></strong></p> |
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| ISSN: | 2812-4901 2812-491X |