Maltese developed from an Arabic dialect

Arabic, French, & Greek loanwords in Sicilian

Greek words spread through Aramaic & Arabic

Features of Sabir Pidgin (clip 1)

Sabir Pidgin Language on the Barbary Coast

Sabir – A Pidgin Lingua Franca

Greek influence through Old Church Slavonic

Greek religious words borrowed into Latin

The Roman Empire Absorbed the Greek-speaking World