Was great meeting you in London mate!! Saħħa Ħabbibi, can’t wait to give you a tour of Malta 🇲🇹

@real.syrian.arabic

10 ай бұрын

It's amazing how close the languages are. I'm actually curious to learn your language.

@schoolofyalla

10 ай бұрын

Likewise! Yalla Malta 2024 inshaAllah! 😁

@ahmedalshalchi

24 күн бұрын

Amazing .... This is my first time to be introduced to Maltese language , it is just an Arabic with special dialect ... Great thanks for info. ...

In Saudi ‘Tayyeb’ is exactly the answer to How are you just like Maltese. Also we say Sh-esmik or Wsh-esmik for ‘What’s your name?’ Very fascinating!

He sounds like an Italian speaking Arabic.

My mind was blown too when I visited in March 2023 - alot of similarity with some dialects of Arabic. Maltese language is beautiful and just mind blowing 🤩

@MikeGill87

20 күн бұрын

To be honest, before I was doing my usual research for my trip to Malta (March 2024), I always thought Maltese is more like Gaelic or Welsh - more of a rarity these days: everyone speaking English and some the local language on top of it. I was pleasantly surprised that in Malta it's the exact opposite.

Also one could argue that Maltese was an Arabic dialect. It just has been affected, so so so much by Italian, Sicilian, and English that it became a different language from Arabic.

@velocityjet1884

3 ай бұрын

Maltese has some basic Arabic with a Latin accent and other European languages

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

Not even close. Maltese descends from Phoenician and it's not mutually intelligible with any Arabic dialect.

@Ahmed-pf3lg

Ай бұрын

@@magnuscorbin5040 Lol Maltese descends from Arabic, not Phoenician. It’s not mutually intelligible because only 30% of its vocabulary is Arabic today.

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

@@Ahmed-pf3lg It does not. Nearly every semitic word in Maltese can be traced back to Phoenician.

@Ahmed-pf3lg

Ай бұрын

@@magnuscorbin5040 every semitic word in maltese is literally Arabic bro lol Are u trolling?

You're basically comparing standard and Tunisian Arabic in this video

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

Maltese is not mutually intelligible with the Tunisian dialect either. Here they're just focusing on the similar parts.

@MikeGill87

20 күн бұрын

@@magnuscorbin5040 It would be; easily. You just need to drop all the non-Arabic (Italian, French, English) vocabulary. If you do that with English, it gets way closer to Dutch or German, as it originally was, as well.

@magnuscorbin5040

20 күн бұрын

@@MikeGill87 It wouldn't be at all. Majority of words are very different and so is the pronunciation. There's significant difference in structure and conjugation as well.

Maltese is a descendent of Sicilian Arabic, which is itself a Maghrebi dialect of Arabic, so no wonder it's similar. :) And actually "hafna" for "a lot" is also Maghrebi Arabic.

@schoolofyalla

10 ай бұрын

Good to know!

@LouisAgius1984

10 ай бұрын

Spot on, it's something I actually mention outside the video that Maltese comes from Sicilian Arabic, and that it's said that Malta was once part of Sicily but got detached.

@zeyadyahya1180

5 ай бұрын

​​@@LouisAgius1984yes Malta was conquered by Muslim at the time of Alagaliba ( a kingdom in Tunisia so it's the closest to Tunisian and other maghrabi dialects❤

@Alpha-lt9zv

Ай бұрын

@@zeyadyahya1180 Libyan and Tunisian dialects.

In lebanon we use jomaa for the week as well For "Tayeb khafna" I khafna sounds like is derived from arabic

@SeverityOne

3 ай бұрын

In Maltese it's spelt as "tajjeb ħafna". The "ħ" sounds harsher than in most European languages, but less so than in Arabic. I know that you're writing the approximate pronunciation, but the funny thing about Maltese is that it is spelt using the Latin alphabet. With some diacritics, of course. Even though I don't speak or read it, the spelling is very straightforward.

Tuesday sounds different because the Maltese guy didnt maybe realise while videoing but we say 'nahr' before days of the wekk and most time in conversation tuesday would be referred to as 'Nahr it-tlieta' which is basically what the arabic man said :)

In saudi dialect we say , ish esmak , which is what's your name , I think it's the nearest to maltes

Very cool!

@schoolofyalla

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!

شكرا على الفيديو الجميل. عجيب ان أحدكما لم يذكر ان اللغة المالطية هي في الحقيقة متأثرة جدا بلهجة أهل تونس. مالطا كانت تحت الحكم الاسلامي الذي كان مقره تونس وقتها، ثم انه بين الحربين العالميتين، كانت هناك جالية مالطية كبيرة جدا تعيش في تونس، و تأثرت بلغتها و عاداتها و تقاليدها. تحياتي

@rochedileo

4 ай бұрын

هذا من مظاهر الحقد الدفين الذي يكنه الخليجيين تجاه اهل المغرب الكبير. ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵣⵖⴰ

@SeverityOne

3 ай бұрын

My late father-in-law, who was Maltese, said that Tunisians would understand him if he limited himself to words of Arabic origin. Maltese borrowed a lot from Sicilian, Italian and more recently English as well.

@sarahzahiamohammedi6518

2 ай бұрын

​@@rochedileoتحياتنا من المحيط العربي الى الخليج العربي......لا يوجد أهل حقد و بعض اكتر من أهل الخرافة التي ليسا لها وجود....

Maltese is closer to Tunisian and other maghrabi dialects because the state of الاغالبة was in Tunisia and then they conquered Malta at that time

Very close to Libyan and Tunisian accent ❤

@schoolofyalla

8 ай бұрын

Nice!

WAAAAAAA!! Hello I just discovered your channel and just started (finally) seriously learning Arabic, and then this pops up! Oh my heart haha ❤ love from Malta! And yes please do come! If you need guidance I would love to help! You helped me already so much in just a few days with your videos :)

@LouisAgius1984

10 ай бұрын

Saħħa Amy, Maltin u kburin 😉

@amybriffa1073

10 ай бұрын

Mija fil-mija! 💓 (Kareem you should understand this too!)

@schoolofyalla

10 ай бұрын

@@amybriffa1073 Saħħa Amy

@schoolofyalla

10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great to hear we have a worldwide community now, even reaching Malta! Thank you for the support and glad you're enjoying the content!

Yeah, Maltese was fascinating to me, as at one time or another I used to be learning Arabic, Italian, Latin, French... I suck at all of them, luckilly everyone also speaks the one language I managed to pick up, English. :D :D

Maltese is a Arabic language influenced by Latin not vice versa does the structure of the Maltese language semitic

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

Maltese descends from Punic not Arabic. Semitic =/= Arabic

yes arabs in medal ages never say usbuu but jumaa refering toba week

Maltese is closer to north African dialects as Malta is only 150 km from Tunisia & Libya and it was under Aghlabide Berber Dynasty domination during many centuries.

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

It's actually 300 km away and Maltese is not mutually intelligible with any Arabic dialect.

@user-gx1jg7wv2s

16 күн бұрын

اللغة المالطية 80بالمئة عربية ودولة الاغالبة عرب اخفاد الفاتحين في المغرب العربي

It's closer to Tunisian and Libyan dialects, not Levantine.

For a tunisian you can communicate witha maltese easily

How cool is this!

@schoolofyalla

8 ай бұрын

I know, right!!

Maltese is very close to tunisian arabic. Hafna means many or much.

It’s the closest to Maghrebi dialects not Levantine like you said.

في المصري وفي كتير لهجات بنقول جمعة على الاسبوع برضه.

Maltese is closer to Tunisian Arabic , the Island used to be part of Tunisia during the Aghlabide dynasty in the 9th Century !

Bon appetit ??? goood health ? thats from french .

Maltese was born out of Arabic, kind of like the different dialects of Arabic which went way further to form a different language

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

No it was born out of Phoenician.

@aamirkhan6692

23 күн бұрын

@@magnuscorbin5040 It was not

Both of your faces are almost the same too 😅

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 No they're not

Maltese is closer to Tunisian and other North African dialects

Maltese is based on Siculo Arabic, the ancient Sicilian Arabic language.

@magnuscorbin5040

Ай бұрын

No it's based on Phoenician. The Arabic origin lie was pushed by Maltese politicians a couple of decades ago to establish a strong relationship with Libya. Sadly the myth stuck.

Tunisian accent 😂😂😂😂a

المالطية لهجة تونسية بنسبة 70% في تونس العاصمة نقول (نهار ثلاثة) it-Tlieta والأسبوع نقول (جمعة) ġimgħa في تونس نقول آش إسمك ؟ شيسمك بالمالطي x'jismek? شكرا جزيلا في مالطة Grazzi ħafna قراتسي حفنة. حفنة في تونس معناها (ملء كفّي اليدين) في تونس نقول (صحّة ) ومعانها بالشّفاء وونقولها لشخص عند لبسه ثياب جديد (saħħa)

@user-gx1jg7wv2s

16 күн бұрын

معليش معظمها كلمات عربية حتى لهجة التونسية عربية

@wolfnaj3664

9 күн бұрын

Fi kairouan n9oulou Yena w shesmek w man9oulouch sabbela n9oulou shosha w 3al sghar n9oulou zoghzogh nahki 3la kairouan centre abban 3an jadd ki mchit el malta tesdamt kifech yahkiw nafs el kelmet hethom

No ! The Maltese people is a semitic people that came from Middle East before the 7th century ! That's why the roots of the maltese language are arabic. Nothing to do with the Moors who appeared in North Africa during the middle ages..

@fred30084

5 ай бұрын

Not in history the Normans came in to Sicily in 1061 Sicily shared the same history as the Maltese island until it was given to the knights of st John by king of Spain it was uninhabited for 2 century's it was unsafe place as it was often visited by pirates and lack of water. The knights found it difficult difficult to obtain water as well. The language derived from Sicilian as many of them settled there

@hammadimaalej2106

14 күн бұрын

😅😅😅😅😅