"Other languages such as Maltese and Kinubi derive from Arabic, rather than merely borrowing vocabulary or grammar rules.The terms borrowed range from religious terminology (like Berber ta???allit prayer < salat), academic terms (like Uyghur mentiq logic), economic items (like English sugar) to placeholders (like Spanish fulano \"so-and-so) and everyday conjunctions (like Hindustani lekin but" . . . .