Editing Arabization (section)

===Sicily, Malta, and Crete===
A similar process of Arabization and Islamization occurred in the [[Emirate of Sicily]] (''Ṣiqilliyyah'') and Malta (''Mālṭā''), and the [[Emirate of Crete]] (''Iqrīṭish'' or ''Iqrīṭiya''), during this period some segments of the populations of these islands converted to [[Islam]] and began to adopt elements of [[Arab culture|Arabic culture]], [[tradition]]s, and [[Tradition|customs]]. The Arabization process also resulted in the development of the now extinct [[Siculo-Arabic]] language, from which the modern [[Maltese language]] derives.<ref>{{citation|title=A Semitic Maltese Inventory With a Possible Siculo-Arabic Intervention.|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43530372|author=Dionisius A. Agius|access-date=4 March 2025}}</ref> By contrast, the present-day [[Sicilian language]], which is an [[Italo-Dalmatian languages|Italo-Dalmatian Romance language]], retains very little Siculo-Arabic, with its influence being limited to some 300 words.<ref>{{cite book|author1= Ruffino, Giovanni|title= Sicilia|pages=18–20 |date=2001| publisher=Editori Laterza, Bari }}</ref>