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[[File:Meharisti.jpg|thumb|right|300px|1934 stamp in Italian language of Libya's Tripolitania]]
Libya's Italian language was called '''Libyan Italian'''. It was a name given to the [[Italian language]] used in the [[North Africa]]n nation of [[Libya]].

==Background==

Italian language is a legacy of Italian colonial period when Libya was part of "Italian North Africa". 
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==Language characteristics==
While phonology and intonation are affected by the [[Arabic language]], Libyan Italian is mostly based on the standard European form. The Italian lexicon used in Libya contains many loanwords of Arabic origin, including Islamic terms. Also, Libyan Italian seems to resemble the form and structure of Creole based forms of European languages.

Actually some loanwords from the Italian language have been assimilated into the Libyan Arab language.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http
s://www.academia.edu/9926333/Il_lascito_linguistico_italiano_in_Dodecaneso_Libia_e_corno_d_Africa_L2_pidgin_e_prestiti|title=Il lascito linguistico italiano in Dodecaneso, Libia e corno d’'Africa: L2, pidgin e prestiti (p. 40-64)|first=Saul |last=Hoffmann|publisher=}}</ref> The most important can be read in "List of Libyan Arabic words of Italian origin".

Italian loanwords exist in "Libyan Arabic" mainly, but not exclusively, as a technical jargon. For example, machinery parts, workshop tools, electrical supplies, names of fish species ...etc.

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! colspan="3" |Libyan Arabic
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==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[Italian Libya]]

[[Category:History of Italy]]