Maltese is a Central Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata. It is the only Semitic language officially written in the Latin script. It is spoken by the M
Vassalli's Storja tas-Sultân Ċiru (1831) is an example of Maltese orthography in the 19th century, before the later standardisation introduced in 1924. Note the similarities with the various varieties of romanised Arabic.
African Romance, African Latin or Afroromance is an extinct Romance language that was spoken in the various provinces of Roman Africa by the African Romans under the later Roman Empire and its various
The Fossa regia (in pink) marked the approximate border between the province of Africa and Numidia.
An inscription from one of the gates to the theatre at Leptis Magna, indicating that Latin and Punic co-existed in Northern Africa for centuries.
Fifth century AD inscription at the Leptis Magna forum, Libya.
The earliest known portrait of Saint Augustine in a 6th-century fresco, Lateran, Rome.