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Not sure of the pre-1900 PODs involved though the challenge is to create an Arabic-German equivalent of Yiddish, including a suitable name for the ATL language.

Ideally it should feature a High German-based (or Germanic-based) vernacular fused with elements taken from Arabic and Aramaic as well as from Slavic languages and traces of Romance languages, written in Arabic script (with similar orthography to Yiddish orthography).

Arabic Afrikaans seems to be the only known Germanic language to have been historically written in Arabic script in OTL, despite appearing much later than desired (with Arabica being a South Slavic example).

Maltese gives a rough idea of am after in spite of being deeply influenced by Romance languages, as opposed to High German or the rest of the Germanic language family.
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