이집트아랍어와 말타어의 음운 비교 연구 = A Comparative Study of Egyptian Arabic and Maltese Phonology

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

The main goal of this paper is to compare Egyptian Arabic (EA) with Maltese(M) in phonology. Egyptian Arabic, one of the Eastern Arabic Dialects, is the most Arab world-wide and well-known dialect, and has the most native speakers in the Arab World(one third of the whole Arabs). And Maltese is an offshoot from one of the Western Arabic dialects(Tunisian Arabic).
In script Egyptian Arabic is usually not written, but sometimes in Arabic alphabet (for Arabs, usually in newspapers' cartoons and dialogues in novels) or in Latin alphabet (for foreign learners). Maltese is written in Latin alphabet with some additional diacritical marks since the 18th century.
In phonological system Egyptian Arabic maintains almost of the consonants in the Classical Arabic(CA) except interdentals, but has developed a varied vowel system. Maltese lacks interdentals, uvulars and emphatics, but borrowed some consonants not found in Arabic chiefly from Italian such as 'p, v, c, cˇ', In Maltese there are no long vowels phonemically, but in a word or a phrase they may be long positionally. In Maltese there are diverse diphthongs compared with Arabic, and a kind of ?ima￣lah, ie[i??](e.g, in EA tala￣ta, in M tli??ta). In syllable Maltese may have longer than EA(EA : CV(C)(C); M : (C)(C)V(V)(C)(C).
In types of phonological processes Egyptian Arabic and Maltese undergo the similar changes especially in assimilation(e.g. with definite article : l), insertion(e.g. CA ?ud_n, EA widn, M. widen) and deletion(in EA weak consonants ?, y, w are deleted in all positions in a word, and in M ? is disappeared, but original q changed into ? as in EA).
In conclusion, Maltese is a Arabic(especially Tunisian dialect)-based language, but nowadays it is considered a separate language from Arabic for it is written in Latin alphabet and is strongly affected by European languages, especially Italian and Sicilian. And it is more similar to Egyptian Arabic than Classical Arabic in all grammatical scopes, specially in phonology.

목차 (Table of Contents)

• Ⅰ. 머리말
• Ⅱ. 이집트와 말타의 언어 현황과 문자 체계
• Ⅲ. 음운 체계
• Ⅳ. 음운과정의 유형
• Ⅴ. 맺음말