Ter info: Veel Schotten & Ieren hebben Noord-Afrikaanse/Marokkaanse Roots - > Ita Marguet gives details of a possible link between the languages of Scotland/Ireland and Morocco/North-Africa, citing a number of incidents in the 19th century which would seem to lend weight to the argument that the Irish language and the language of the Berber have a common root. Ita Marguet, October 2007 Barbary describes a region in North Africa stretching from Egypt to the Atlantic Ocean that is named after the Berbers. In ancient times it consisted of Mauritania, Numidia, Africa, Propria, and Cyrenaica. It was successively conquered by the Romans, Vandals, Arabs, Turks, Spaniards, French, and Italians. Between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries, Barbary was notorious for its pirates, who caused havoc in the Mediterranean. From Arabic barbar, or Greek barbaros foreigner, the Berbers are a Muslim people occupying parts of North Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and nearby regions) and speaking a non-Semitic language in several different dialects. Before the introduction of Arabic speech in the seventh century AD, Berber languages were spoken over the whole of the area and are still spoken by an estimated eleven million people. Morocco is still mainly Berber in population!! Historical accounts Works by academics and other scholars record historical accounts and, in some instances, question the veracity of detail about connections between Berbers and Irish Language. Sources that try to elucidate the puzzle include articles Is the Irish Language Spoken in Africa? by Robert MacAdam of Belfast, and Scottish Genealogy Society Our Ancient Cousins the Berbers by J.M. McGill, F.S.A. Scot. Taken from the Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Volume 7, 1859, Robert MacAdam writes: …From time to time statements have appeared in different quarters asserting distinctly the existence of the Irish language, at the present day, among certain tribes in the North of Africa. Accounts of many thousands of the Irish who had been carried off as captives in the Middle Ages by the African corsairs, who had never been ransomed, leads to later testimony and witness as does the presence of fine grey-hounds (probably of the old Irish breed) in North Africa. One tribe of the population engaged in the stock feeding of camels, horses, and cows possessed this breed of dogs taking great pleasure in them though, as unclean animals in the eyes of good Mohammedans, such conduct is considered unlawful. Robert MacAdams attention was first attracted by a short notice published in the Dublin Penny Journal in 1834 that recorded an incident in Country Antrim … About the close of the last century, sailors who had put into port due to bad weather had entered a potato field and, in conversation with country people, were able to understand each other, the former speaking the language used at Tunis, and the latter speaking Irish. This anecdote was related by a person of credit, and must interest the Irish scholar. In 1845, he observed in the London Athenaeum a notice of a meeting of the Syro-Egyptian Society, at which the late Mr. J.S. Buckingham (Rotunda lecturer) was reported to have stated that a person of his acquaintance had actually conversed intelligibly in Irish with some natives of Morocco. The Rotunda lecturer later recorded a modified version of the event. A Moroccan merchant when visiting a gentleman near Kilkenny was surprised on a visit to the post office to understand and hold short conversations with some of the peasants who were speaking Irish. The language had a strong resemblance to the dialect spoken by mountaineers of the Atlas region of Morocco among whom he had travelled and traded in his youth, and learned their language. In Lieutant Colonel Chesneys account of his Expedition to the Euphrates and Tigris, published in 1850, the same incident is recalled with some variation: …During a visit made to Ireland in 1821 by Sadi Omback Benbel, then envoy from Morocco, this individual overheard some people in the market place at Kilkenny making remarks on his person and dress in a dialect which was intelligible by him. He recognized it as one which was spoken in the mountains to the south of Morocco, and with which he had been familiar as a boy. The circumstance was related to Professor Hincks, LL.D., of the Munster College by the individual himself. In another account a well-travelled Negro gentleman passing through the south of Ireland had journeyed extensively, including across Central Africa. He seemed an admirable linguist who had become acquainted with the dialects there. When shown some Irish manuscripts in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, he proved able to translate several portions of them. Gaelic Berbers Our Ancient Cousins the Berbers by J.M. McGill provides extracts from a number of erudite sources about the origin and language of the Gaelic Berbers. It discusses the study of anthropology, geographical movements, physical features of descendants, origins of tribe or clan names and their established territory and regions. Apart from the fact that the Berber-Shluh language is a Gaelic dialect, the Berbers are a highly interesting people. The majority of them are a tall, white-skinned, fair haired race with blue or grey eyes, and Professor Hooten of Harvard, the famous American anthropologist, did not hesitate to say that there were more pure Nordics in Barbary than in Germany. J.M. McGill concludes: … Perhaps one day the puzzle will be solved that may lead much of our ancient history, most of which is mere conjecture, having to be re-written. Note: Acknowledgement is given to all sources used in preparation of this text. It follows a published article Journey to Morocco: Irish historical and cultural legacy (Ita Marguet, May 2007). Ita Marguet gives details of a possible link between the languages of Ireland and Morocco, citing a number of incidents in the 19th century which would seem to lend weight to the argument that the Irish language and the language of the Berber have a common root!!! 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