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[Facts] Re: Yemeli
in reply to a message by Julia
This is possibly a recent creation based on Arabic names like Jamal or Jamil. Quite a few Arabic names have been introduced into Latin America by immigrants from Lebanon, and it is common for people in Mexico and the Caribbean to respell names which start with J- in English with Y-.
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