Arab Conquest Prevented: Linguistic Consequences

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Given his name is "Augustine", his father's is "Patricius" and his mother's "Monica", all Latin names, why do you say that he wasn't a native Latin speaker? Certainly, from what I can see, evidence suggests he was fluent in Punic, but that doesn't mean that was his first language.

He was certainly a Punic speaker, as his letter to Maximus shows (The pagan Maximus, A's old teacher, and the future saint engage in bi-lingual banter mocking each others Gods' names in Latin and Punic).

I concede he may have been bilingual, though I believe I've seen a letter where he calls Punic "our tounge", though I may be mistaken.
 
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