The origin of the misinformation that Sicilians still speak Arabic?

Discussion in 'General' started by paul, 21 July 2017.

  1. paul

    paul is a Verified Memberpaul Member Staff Member Standardisation Committee

    Do we know the source of this nonsense? I saw it referenced in a book I own that even Vittorio Emanuele believed it. But I can't find a source for how it became popularised.

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    I told him this doesn't make sense. But he keeps quoting me toponyms of Sicilian origin, like somehow the fact Marsala has an arabic origin name means 5% of us still speak Sicolo-Arabic.
     

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