A whole society shared one peninsula
In medieval al-Andalus, Muslims, Christians, and Jews lived in the same cities and sometimes shared the same intellectual world. People used several languages, including Arabic, Romance, Latin, Hebrew, and Berber.Al-Andalus: Where Languages and Faiths Mixed
Arabic became the common language
Arabic arrived with the conquest in 711 and spread slowly over centuries. By the late 800s, it was widely used even by many Christians and Jews in al-Andalus.Al-Andalus: Where Languages and Faiths Mixed
