Our Maltese language or dialect is at a crossroads. Since the Middle Ages and the early 20th century, it has come down to us as a mixed language: Semitic (medieval Arabic, probably with a ...

Following the 90th anniversary since the Maltese language became recognised as an official language of the Maltese islands earlier this summer, this newsroom reached out to Maltese language ...

On the other, there are those who believe that Maltese is only valid in Malta, and it is pointless forcing foreigners to learn our difficult language if they are only here for a couple of years.

In all, Facebook is now available in 101 languages with the addition on Friday of Maltese (the official language of Malta that has more than 400,000 native speakers), Pulaar (a dialect of Fula ...

Right up to Joseph Brincat, who in the 2000s published his first versions of the book under review. Finally, with him, the Maltese language has its Bible.

Francesca Mifsud has put her finger on an acute language problem on the Maltese islands. Despite frequent polling that shows that bilingual Malta is a predominantly Maltese-speaking society – well ...

The study is based on interviews with 15 such non-EU migrants following the ‘I Belong’ Maltese-language integration programme. Participants aged between 26 and 45 hailed from 10 different countries ...

But travel 90km south of Sicily and the odd-sounding language of the EU’s smallest state, Malta, is exactly that. With some 450,000 native speakers, Maltese was granted official status in 2004 ...

Maltese Language Courses provided by Queen Mary University of London, Malta Campus The official languages of Malta are Maltese and English, both of which are spoken fluently by the majority of the ...