이베리아 반도 지명과 아랍어와의 관계 고찰

A Study of Relation between Arabic and Spanish Comparison with the Place Names in the Iberian Peninsula

The purpose of this paper is to study place names in the Iberian Peninsula which was conquered by Muslim Arabs in the 7th-15th centuries. The place names in the peninsula were composed of Arabic, Berber, Greek, Latin, Phoenician,Spanish and/orlocal elements according to different historical background. The Arabic element is consisting of Literary Language and Colloquial Language both of which were characterized by diglossia. Firstly the differencesbetween Arabic and Spanish were examined in the linguistic features–phonemes (consonants, vowels and syllables) and words/phrases. The place names examined were 26 of which the origins are of Arabic, Berber, Greek, Latin, Phoenician, Spanish or Portuguese.