But perhaps one of the most unique legacies is the Maltese language. The language spoken in the Emirate of Sicily, to which Malta belonged, was Sicilian colloquial Arabic, a dialect of Arabic which in ...

Maltese and English no longer form part of the entry requirements at Junior College. What does this say about students' grasp of these two official languages? The state of the Maltese language is ...

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 ...

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 ...

Finally, with him, the Maltese language has its Bible. It would be too disheartening to review the ‘pioneers’ of Maltese language so-called studies – all tainted by wholly irrational ...

So, earlier this year the school authorities asked Maltese parents whether they would like their children to learn Maltese at school. This seems to have been welcomed by most, if not all, Maltese ...

One reason might be its origins. The name Buttigieg comes from Maltese, a language unlike any other on earth. “All languages draw from other languages,” says Joseph Brincat, an expert in the ...

The official languages of Malta are Maltese and English, both of which are spoken fluently by the majority of the population. Both in the hospital and primary care setting, our students have found ...

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 Maltese language is close to Arabic (though English is the second official tongue). And residents drive on the left like the British, who governed the islands for much of the 19th and 20th ...