O elemento árabe en galego (II)

Abstract

[Resumo] A influencia do árabe sobre o galego é unha das cuestións pendentes da lingüística galega actual. Tense pensado a miúdo que o árabe non tivo influencia ningunha sobre o galego, mais isto é falso. Ducias de topónimos árabes están presentes por todo o dominio galego. Doutra banda, o galego posúe os seus proprios empréstimos árabes, diferentes dos que se achan nas linguas veciñas. Porén, debe entenderse que a presenza destes arabismos en galego é debida a un complexo proceso onde os mozárabes desempeñaron un papel fundamental.

[Abstract] The influence of Arabic upon Galician is one of the unresolved matters of the current Galician Linguistics. It has often been believed that Arabic did not have any influence upon Galician, but this is false. Dozens of Arabic place names can be found all over the Galicianspeaking area that show a clear Arabic origin. Moreover, Galician even possesses its own Arabic loanwords, different from those of the surrounding languages. Anyway it must be understood that the presence of these Arabic loanwords in Galicia were due to a complex process in which Mozarabs played an outstanding role.