Vol 21 (2015), Articles
Submitted: 05-11-2015
Accepted: 21-03-2016
Published: 01-06-2016
Those who support the idea that Arabic was the only language spoken in Valencia in 1232, when James I began the conquest of the territory, must explain how the phoneme /p/, nonexistent in the Arabic language, was able to remain in many Valencian place names of Romance origin.
Valencian language, Linguistics, Phonology, Toponymy