“El mozárabe” was a Romance dialect, like Galician and Catalán, that evolved directly from the western Romance languages. It was spoken by the Hispanolatino population during the Muslim Invasion (711 AD). Due to political use and enforcement, Mozárabe was used simultaneously with the Arabic spoken in the Iberian peninsula of the time. Mozárabe was the common, or vulgar, language (spoken in daily life) while Arabic was the official language (used in politics and law).
“El mozárabe”, due to centuries of contact with Arabic, was absorbed into Castillian (Spanish) during the Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula by the Catholic Kings (1492).
| Arabic | Mozarabe | Castellano |
| mw sidi 'ibrahim | mew sidi 'Ibrahim | Dueño mío Ibrahim |
| y' nw'mn dly | ya nuemne dolze | oh nombre dulce |
| dy njt | de nojte | de noche |
