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- Maltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union.
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The origins of the Maltese language are attributed to the arrival, early in the 11th century, of settlers from neighbouring Sicily, where Siculo-Arabic was spoken, reversing the Fatimid Caliphate's conquest of the island at the end of the 9th century.
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May 3, 2024 · Maltese language, Semitic language of the Southern Central group spoken on the island of Malta. Maltese developed from a dialect of Arabic and is closely related to the western Arabic dialects of Algeria and Tunisia.
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May 22, 2023 · Semitic Roots and Language Contact of the Maltese Language - Maltese traces its roots back to the Semitic family of languages, specifically to the Afro-Asiatic language group. It evolved from the vernacular spoken by the Phoenicians, who settled on the Maltese islands around the 8th century BCE.
Sep 7, 2023 · Also known as Malti, Maltese derives from an Arabic dialect that emerged over 1,000 years ago out of Maghrebi Arabic and the Siculo-Arabic spoken in Sicily. Yet centuries of conquest have left their mark, leaving the Maltese language enriched with elements of Sicilian, medieval Latin and English.
The Maltese language developed from the Siculo-Arabic or Sicilian Arabic, a form of Arabic that developed in Sicily and Malta between the 9th and 14th centuries. Siculo-Arabic was extinct in Sicily by about 1300, but continued to be spoken in Malta and evolved into Maltese.
Nov 23, 2015 · Nov 23rd 2015. By L.G. IT MAY seem surprising that a dialect of Arabic is an official language of the European Union. But travel 90km south of Sicily and the odd-sounding language of the EU’s...
May 7, 2022 · Distant origins difficult to identify. Nothing is known about the language spoken in Malta in prehistory. It could have been “Mediterranean” or Indo-European. The first settlers came from Sicily, and kept contact for five millennia with the neighbouring areas, but they left no writing.
