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Few years ago I was traveling High Atlas mountains in Morocco and happen to spend week or so hanging out in Berber village and became friendly with interesting
by dejv 6y ago
Few years ago I was traveling High Atlas mountains in Morocco and happen to spend week or so hanging out in Berber village and became friendly with interesting bunch of local people that meet every evening to talk in their local dialect.
Interestingly most of original language is now gone and consist of many Arabic words. I was very surprised that most common words (say Tuesday if my memory serve me right) were lost first, but many more complex words not. Also traditional script is now gone and was replaced with modern made up script.
- lb1lf 6y ago-I somehow think it makes sense that the common words disappeared first - after all, those are the ones which pop up in conversation with the Arabic-speaking population every time, and as such are more likely to be substituted.
- bojan 6y agoThat makes sense. The common words are the one you hear most, so the influence of the dominant language is the strongest with those. But the words that are more complex you hear more often, and, being complex, the acquisition has more friction.