The Maltese language, casually spoken | Elena speaking Maltese | Wikitongues

Maltese is spoken by over 500,000 people, primarily in Malta. It is one of the Semitic languages alongside Arabic, Hebrew, Amharic, and Aramaic.
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More from Wikipedia: "Maltese (Maltese: Malti) is a Semitic language spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and also serves as an official language of the European Union, the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is a Latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic through its descent from Siculo-Arabic, which developed as a Maghrebi Arabic dialect during the Emirate of Sicily between 831 and 1091. As a result of the Norman invasion of Malta and the subsequent re-Christianisation of the island, Maltese evolved independently of Classical Arabic in a gradual process of Latinisation. It is therefore exceptional as a variety of historical Arabic that has no diglossic relationship with Classical or Modern Standard Arabic. Maltese is thus classified separately from the 30 varieties constituting the modern Arabic macrolanguage. Maltese is also distinguished from Arabic and other Semitic languages since its morphology has been deeply influenced by Romance languages, namely Italian and Sicilian. The original Arabic base comprises around one-third of the Maltese vocabulary, especially words that denote basic ideas and the function words, but about half of the vocabulary is derived from standard Italian and Sicilian; and English words make up between 6% and 20% of the vocabulary. A 2016 study shows that, in terms of basic everyday language, speakers of Maltese are able to understand around a third of what is said to them in Tunisian Arabic, which is a Maghrebi Arabic related to Siculo-Arabic, whereas speakers of Tunisian Arabic are able to understand about 40% of what is said to them in Maltese. This reported level of asymmetric intelligibility is considerably lower than the mutual intelligibility found between other varieties of Arabic. Maltese has always been written in the Latin script, the earliest surviving example dating from the late Middle Ages. It continues to be the only standardized Semitic language written exclusively in the Latin script."
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  • @jeremieyaotv3022

    @jeremieyaotv3022

    11 ай бұрын

    Kacou Philippe did not die on the cross of Calvary for you but it is him, Kacou Philippe, who has the words of eternal life and the keys of the kingdom of the Heavens for your Salvation in this generation. #ProphetKacouPhilippe

  • @Brillemeister
    @Brillemeister3 жыл бұрын

    Bizarre and beautiful -- sounds kind of like a Europeanized Arabic. Thanks for sharing. God bless

  • @globetrekker86

    @globetrekker86

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Brillemeister: You’re close. Maltese is the modern form of Sicilian Arabic

  • @ClydeDatastruct

    @ClydeDatastruct

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@saadsaud55 or Tunisian Arabic since it also shares loanwords from Italian

  • @elinsoderqvist3695

    @elinsoderqvist3695

    3 жыл бұрын

    It literally is Europeanized Arabic lol

  • @DrStrange1000

    @DrStrange1000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Spot on! Sounds like elements of Arabic, Turkish and European dialects

  • @mohammedamine2712

    @mohammedamine2712

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@saadsaud55 Morrocan Arabic?? Why Morrocan? You have to learn mister.... It is more closer to Tunisian and Algerian Arabic, and you know why? Because it is not only based what we know as Arabic (classical/Quranic) but it is also based on Phoenician/Punic language and culture, this was mainly present in modern Tunisia (Carthage) and Algeria (Numidia) where Punic language and culture were present more than what is known today as Morroco where it was tiny regions in the northern part only... Punic was also present in Sicily and Iberian Penisula, Muslims Arabs the just followed Phoenicians, it is not by chance you know.. This is history

  • @a.s.4579
    @a.s.45793 жыл бұрын

    as a Tunisian born and raised in Italy I can understand almost everything lol

  • @LawlessMissMoonlight

    @LawlessMissMoonlight

    2 жыл бұрын

    For real?! I'm Italian, been in Malta several times and I can't understand quite nothing!

  • @a.s.4579

    @a.s.4579

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LawlessMissMoonlight yeah because it's mixed with Tunisian arabic (darja/ tounsi). I understand both Tunisian arabic and Italian so for me it's quite understandable. You cannot catch even one word of latin/italian origin ??

  • @LawlessMissMoonlight

    @LawlessMissMoonlight

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@a.s.4579 only one or two Amira! But I can recognize more words in Romanian... You can hear more Tunisian Arabic influences or Italian ones?

  • @a.s.4579

    @a.s.4579

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@LawlessMissMoonlight both. Maybe because she's speaking fast..

  • @thesniper626

    @thesniper626

    2 жыл бұрын

    And im palestianin abd you so beautiful ❤️

  • @tim..indeed
    @tim..indeed5 ай бұрын

    Kind of like how Romanian sounds like a mix between a Romance and a Slavic language, this is like a mix between a Romance and an Arabic language. Beautiful.

  • @assassinwolf2719

    @assassinwolf2719

    10 күн бұрын

    Maltese is literally a mix of Italian and Arabic. The Maltese are descendants of Italians and Arabs who settled on the island.

  • @user-mb6oh3wx5d

    @user-mb6oh3wx5d

    3 күн бұрын

    romanian sounds like it’s a romance language because it is one

  • @leaucamouille3394
    @leaucamouille33943 жыл бұрын

    I visited Malta 15 years ago, I've been to countless countries since then, yet Malta is still #1 on my list of unforgettable and unique places. Their language is as special as they are. Arriving at night by ferry to Valletta was a sight I'll never forget. 🇲🇹

  • @Omnipathic

    @Omnipathic

    5 ай бұрын

    as someone who lived in Malta for my first 10 years on earth, I never want to go back there. living in Malta in the current day is a mess. it's a nice enough country to visit but if you're living there then you see how corrupt everything is

  • @zedisdead9549
    @zedisdead95493 жыл бұрын

    As a north african algerian arabic speaker, i can guess a bit of what she said. But the pronunciation and the fact that there is many words from europeans languages makes it diffixult to understand properly. When written though it's easier than spoken

  • @Nehmi

    @Nehmi

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I agree. I'm not a native Arabic speaker, but I studied Modern Standard Arabic in university and lived in Lebanon for six months. I'm a native speaker of English and Spanish, so I can recognize the Italian and Latin words in Maltese. The written language is much easier to understand than the spoken language. Maltese drops the emphatics and the 3ayn in spoken speech, but the written language still retains them.

  • @mattiamele3015

    @mattiamele3015

    3 жыл бұрын

    Consider that this is a particular dialect of Maltese, it’s not the standard language. That makes it somewhat less clear, for example the long a’s are o’s in her speech. So for instance she says Molti instead of Malti (which additionally becomes Moltoj before a pause), internazzjonoli instead of internazzjonali and so on. The low audio quality and the fact she speaks somewhat fast also don’t help.

  • @Fenditokesdialect

    @Fenditokesdialect

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattiamele3015 are you a Maltese speaker? Of so I was wondering if you could maybe do a transcript seeing as I'd like to do a breakdown of the loanwords used in the vid. Thank you

  • @mattiamele3015

    @mattiamele3015

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Fenditokesdialect Yes, I'm a Maltese speaker and I can provide you with an accurate transcription based on the official orthography (even though it isn't intended for non-standard Maltese). Are you carrying out a reasearch of some sort? If so, I would be interested in knowing more about it.

  • @Fenditokesdialect

    @Fenditokesdialect

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@mattiamele3015 mainly just breaking down the presence of loanwords in this extract, I'm a linguistics student and etymology is of great interest to me in particular and I think in the case of Maltese and other highly influenced languages I think it's important to put forward that loanwords and influence can make up as much of a part of a language's history as its native roots. As to Maltese in particular I've come across a lot of particularly nasty people (a lot of Tunisians) who go as far to say that the influences are pollution that Maltese should be rid of and that they should be Arabs through and through. You went your own way and it should be respected not denigrated.

  • @katyafan3346
    @katyafan3346 Жыл бұрын

    As someone who is half italian half Moroccan, I understand what she's saying perfectly! Such a beautiful language

  • @hana-ov1ju

    @hana-ov1ju

    Жыл бұрын

    You know both Italian and Maghreb dialect? that’s incredible

  • @ledues3336

    @ledues3336

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@hana-ov1juthat's not incredible, Italy is full of Moroccan thugs

  • @Frastato

    @Frastato

    5 ай бұрын

    You can't understand a single word knowing italian

  • @katyafan3346

    @katyafan3346

    4 ай бұрын

    @@hana-ov1ju thank u!

  • @rw42000
    @rw420003 жыл бұрын

    Having the Armenian alphabet in the background was confusing, I kept on having to remind myself that I was listening to Maltese

  • @ekaitzkultura

    @ekaitzkultura

    2 жыл бұрын

    I realized about that too, William. I immediately recognized the alphabet. I was confused at the beginning, but I could concentrate well and remember she was speaking Maltese.

  • @jorgeh.r9879
    @jorgeh.r98793 жыл бұрын

    The only semitic language in Europe.

  • @ClydeDatastruct

    @ClydeDatastruct

    3 жыл бұрын

    And the only Semitic language that uses the Latin script

  • @lrt_unimog8316

    @lrt_unimog8316

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ClydeDatastruct EBY’s son wanted to romanise Hebrew, and he published such a newspaper briefly (Ha Šavuja ha Palestini)-does that count?

  • @jeanaccoh8663
    @jeanaccoh86633 жыл бұрын

    This is great. In spite of all the Romance influence, Maltese still sounds Arabic!

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree 100%. Its an *Arab* based dialect but is marred by Italian pollution. Say *YES* to pure Maltese. 🧡✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️🧡 Definitely say *NO* to pollution ☢️❌🇮🇹❌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❌🇫🇷❌🇪🇺❌☢️

  • @WeAreVolvox

    @WeAreVolvox

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sanchoodell6789 that‘s just your opinion. And it will go its way even if you like it or not😉 still a cool language tho

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    Жыл бұрын

    @@WeAreVolvox That's a pretty good surmise of the language but I still believe it is rooted in *Arabic* and as a result of that fact, I and many other Maltese who have not been totally brainwashed by the constant Zionist propaganda will agree with me that this language must remain relatively unpolluted and *pure* to its *Arabic* roots and origin. Thus a policy of linguistic reform most urgently needs to be implemented. These need to be wide ranging across the board policies which will be introduced by a governmental lead and funded body in the form of a linguistic board or institute.

  • @WeAreVolvox

    @WeAreVolvox

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok. Now you‘re showing your real face. I see, you‘re in a deep shit of con.theories. I‘m sorry for that. But even when you‘re truly believing this shit, it doesen‘t matter. The ppl live their lives. The time goes on. Have a nice day!

  • @georgebronte840

    @georgebronte840

    Жыл бұрын

    @@sanchoodell6789 jaqaw mintoffjan int, hi?

  • @abid6053
    @abid60532 жыл бұрын

    As an Arab from Saudi Arabia, I understood absolutely nothing. 😜 It sounds awesome though. It flows beautifully just like Tunisian Arabic, and it has a very calming accent too. Absolutely love it!

  • @tunistick8044

    @tunistick8044

    2 жыл бұрын

    le intum mis-saudi arabia u famma kilmiet matiqdrux tifhmuha, noqsed illi il-malti aqrib lit-tunsi akter mennu lil-għarbi ta-saudi arabia

  • @abid6053

    @abid6053

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tunistick8044 Are you writing in Maltese?? No way, I understood what you wrote 😂 The thing is, we find it a bit difficult to understand Darija in general, so yeah, you're probably right.

  • @user-qx9zn2cj4e

    @user-qx9zn2cj4e

    Жыл бұрын

    @Graeme Duncan ruh is an Arabic word… “ya ruhi” is what Arab moms say to their kids.

  • @corporatejones9126

    @corporatejones9126

    Жыл бұрын

    @@abid6053 I mean! Can you understand Morrocan Arabic, Tunisian and Algerian? Some people think why Arabic is a single language yet they sound different and not mutually intelligible to each other

  • @abc98114

    @abc98114

    11 ай бұрын

    @@corporatejones9126 I can understand all Arabic dialects. They’re not that different and at the end of the day it’s the same language: Arabic.

  • @kooolkidninjamaster
    @kooolkidninjamaster3 жыл бұрын

    This is a dialect of Maltese. It's from Gozo and closer to Arabic in sound than standard maltese

  • @urania3652

    @urania3652

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tell me more about it. An underrated comment.

  • @whitneyfava03

    @whitneyfava03

    Жыл бұрын

    @@urania3652 people from gozo (island near malta) speak maltese differently as it is more traditional. People in malta speak in a more modernized way

  • @mysterytime5200

    @mysterytime5200

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes this is definitely with the Gozitan dialect

  • @mysterytime5200

    @mysterytime5200

    Жыл бұрын

    @Graeme Duncan In this case it definitely isn't the "polite" Maltese it's more of the traditional dialect of Maltese

  • @resveries_

    @resveries_

    8 ай бұрын

    @@whitneyfava03interesting! i never knew that. i don’t speak the language, but my nonna is from gozo & i didn’t realize she probably speaks a specific dialect

  • @__________k5446
    @__________k54463 жыл бұрын

    An algerian listening to maltese for the first time. Surprisingly, I can understand it somehow. WOW

  • @julianalcock1019

    @julianalcock1019

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you imagine all the words that a simple farmer would need, these are all from the Moorish branch of Arabic, as is the grammar. Words relating to complex emotions, legal matters and technical items are taken from old Sicilian Italian and latterly from English. Years ago, many Maltese went to Libya to work in the oil industry. They were able to communicate with the locals with very little difficulty.

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    Жыл бұрын

    @@graemeduncan472 Its a shame. They *DO* or *SHOULD* have a better "connection" to the (rest) of the *ARAB* world as the Maltese are of *ARAB* origin themselves despite Italian pollution and Zionist propaganda.

  • @Kannn4164
    @Kannn41643 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why, but I just love maltese :D it's a beautiful language, I wish I could learn it

  • @danielleboschetti3697
    @danielleboschetti36972 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for sharing. My paternal grandmother, who just passed away last month, was born and raised in Malta. While her dialect was slightly different from yours, this still reminded me so much of hearing her speak to her family in Maltese. Thank you again for sharing…

  • @PalWebTV
    @PalWebTV3 жыл бұрын

    Maltese is my favorite language !! it's not just completely unique in terms of its history but its cadence is so distinctive. i've been to Malta twice & i would go again just to hear the people speak !!

  • @fanaticofmetal

    @fanaticofmetal

    2 жыл бұрын

    My 2nd native language, Sicilian, is very close to Maltese, both are beautiful

  • @halloanonym
    @halloanonym3 жыл бұрын

    Love this 👏🏼

  • @stellakeinath6042
    @stellakeinath6042 Жыл бұрын

    Wow you can clearly hear the Mix of italian and arabic words.sounds incredibly beautiful 🥳❤ Greetings from germany

  • @Frastato

    @Frastato

    5 ай бұрын

    NOT TRUE At all. You can't clearly hear the italian words

  • @magnuscorbin5040

    @magnuscorbin5040

    Ай бұрын

    Semitic words not Arabic. Maltese words are actually Phoenician.

  • @pedrosegundo8109
    @pedrosegundo81093 жыл бұрын

    As a Portuguese speaker, Maltese is in the same situation as English. Today English is my second language but when I was still learning it sometimes it was almost pure Romance vocabulary, so I could understand 100%, but some basic sentences like "The man ran" were completly foreign for me. The same happens with Maltese, and other languages that have lots of Romance Vocabulary, like Chamorro and Tetum. Fascinating.

  • @seandavila835

    @seandavila835

    Жыл бұрын

    Você é do Timor-Leste?

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    Жыл бұрын

    It shouldn't be like that but it's down to the Italian pollution (in the case of English the French "pollution") I am trying to form a political movement in Malta and create a linguistic institution geared towards purifying Maltese of Italian and Romance pollution and restoring more of its Arabic/Semitic character. Always say *YES/IVA* To pure Maltese! 🙂♥️✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇲🇻➕🇱🇾➕✔️🧡😀 Always say *No/Le* to pollution 😑⛔🚫☢️🇮🇹❌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❌🇫🇷❌🇪🇺🚮🚾🚽❗

  • @awellculturedmanofanime1246

    @awellculturedmanofanime1246

    4 ай бұрын

    ​@sanchoodell6789 least restarded arab nationalist

  • @Alaedious
    @Alaedious3 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @pablosebastian5823
    @pablosebastian58233 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful language!!! Loved it. Greetings from Argentina

  • @abdelmjidkamal1106

    @abdelmjidkamal1106

    Жыл бұрын

    Arabo i italiano

  • @SirSidi
    @SirSidi11 ай бұрын

    as an Arabic speaker, trying to make sense of her speaking hurts my brain as the sounds are familiar but in the same time totally different from it's used to.

  • @Aang_L._Jackson
    @Aang_L._Jackson6 ай бұрын

    I dunno if i'm right, but it sounds like a mix of Arabic, Italian, and Turkish... Beautiful language ❤

  • @michaelfvt
    @michaelfvt2 жыл бұрын

    So cool. You can definitely hear a lot of European derived vocabulary. I thought it was cool when I heard what sounded like “anche” (Italian for “too”, “even”, “as well”, etc.) and looked it up and found “anke”

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    Жыл бұрын

    That's the Italian pollution for you!

  • @sanchoodell6789

    @sanchoodell6789

    Жыл бұрын

    @@graemeduncan472 Don't worry my *ARABIC* friend I have an *ARABIC* love from Tunisia and she says categorically that *Maltese* is an *ARABIC DIALECT* so ha ha ha! Get use to it *YOU ARE NOT EUROPEAN AND NEVER WILL BE* Deal with it!

  • @callumhayles5511
    @callumhayles55113 жыл бұрын

    I would love for these types of videos to have captions written in Maltese as well!

  • @MrAllmightyCornholioz
    @MrAllmightyCornholioz3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds like an Italian speaking Arabic.

  • @fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya

    @fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think sounds like Turkish!

  • @Ahmed-pf3lg

    @Ahmed-pf3lg

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya Sounds nothing like Turkish lol. It sounds mostly like Arabic.

  • @Cameron_143

    @Cameron_143

    Жыл бұрын

    @@fucktugal_.y._fucktalunya I'm glad I'm not the only one that kinda got that feeling too. It's doesn't sound exactly like Turkish by any means, but I think it's because Turkish has a certain cadence that effects how they pronounce words of Arabic origin. I had the same feeling here.

  • @AccentBase
    @AccentBase2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful video. Beautiful language.

  • @tariqibnzayed3959
    @tariqibnzayed39592 жыл бұрын

    Magnificent!

  • @adamclark1972uk
    @adamclark1972uk3 жыл бұрын

    Sounds really good.

  • @onacmarian134
    @onacmarian134 Жыл бұрын

    thank you!

  • @user-ms7gt2km5f
    @user-ms7gt2km5f3 жыл бұрын

    A lot of it is a very soft Arabic dialect, like a blend of Tunisian and levantine, with lots of dropped sounds that throw you off... I didn't catch much but I can tell what's Italian and what's going to be an aha moment when written down. The way it's spoken is very familiar and pleasant

  • @magnuscorbin5040

    @magnuscorbin5040

    Ай бұрын

    Actually it's a direct descendent of Phoenician and it's not mutually intelligible with any Arabic dialect. Semitic =/= Arabic

  • @danp6820
    @danp68202 жыл бұрын

    Great to hear , gozitan. Ancestors from Gharb.

  • @cecilia1300
    @cecilia13003 жыл бұрын

    this is it. this is the prettiest language i've heard.

  • @anirbellahcen5551
    @anirbellahcen55514 ай бұрын

    What a wonderful language! I can hear the Tamazight in it, and Egyptian, Assyrian, Italian... Wow!

  • @ahmadkadan6314
    @ahmadkadan63143 жыл бұрын

    Amazing! This a bit too fast for an Arabic speaker to comprehend, but I can get a few words here and there.

  • @tsgillespiejr

    @tsgillespiejr

    3 жыл бұрын

    Was thinking the same thing.

  • @Wikitongues

    @Wikitongues

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cool! Which variety of Arabic do you speak?

  • @ahmadkadan6314

    @ahmadkadan6314

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Wikitongues Levantine arabic! I did the Aleppo dialect video :) I'm pretty sure it's easier for Tunisians to understand it.

  • @Wikitongues

    @Wikitongues

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ahmadkadan6314 Oh, nice to see you here and shokran for your Aleppo Arabic video 😄

  • @HughesC

    @HughesC

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@ahmadkadan6314 that was a good video btw

  • @frobinson6876
    @frobinson6876 Жыл бұрын

    Such an insanely beautiful language!!!!

  • @esterherschkovich6499
    @esterherschkovich64993 жыл бұрын

    Sounds quite a mix but I believe is💜

  • @Wikitongues

    @Wikitongues

    3 жыл бұрын

    It is just that! Broadly speaking, Maltese is a variety of Maghrebi (North African) Arabic with influence from Sicilian, Italian, and English :)

  • @esterherschkovich6499

    @esterherschkovich6499

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Wikitongues Thought so,thank you..interesting 💜

  • @jattupardu1860

    @jattupardu1860

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's fascinating to me that Malti is a descendent of Sicilian Arabic, from when Malta was a Sicilian island, which centuries later was influenced by Romance Sicilian.

  • @ShadyCrackers
    @ShadyCrackers Жыл бұрын

    This is a very beautiful language.

  • @cardiacmyxoma4073
    @cardiacmyxoma4073 Жыл бұрын

    It's fascinating! You speak like an Algerian and I can even understand some words:)

  • @chawquee
    @chawquee2 жыл бұрын

    Salutes the Friendship between Tunisia aka Carthage and Our near neighbour Malta.Tunisia Malta 220km

  • @o0R3stless0o
    @o0R3stless0o Жыл бұрын

    Wow what a beautiful language!

  • @claudiamarianidamato9499
    @claudiamarianidamato9499 Жыл бұрын

    As an Italian I understood a few phrases actually. “ lingua molto ricca” meaning, a very rich language, among others .

  • @Magdyy
    @Magdyy8 ай бұрын

    It looks like the Arab Maghreb dialects if I didn't know I would easily say it's Tunisian who's talking

  • @iaincairns6494
    @iaincairns6494 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful language ❤

  • @bordoraux9537
    @bordoraux95373 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @christianburgos5956
    @christianburgos59568 ай бұрын

    It sounds like a perfect hybrid between Arabic and Italian. Definitely Arabic at its core but with a heavy Italian intonation and influence.

  • @dmb555
    @dmb5556 ай бұрын

    basically it's a mix of arabic+greek+spanish+italian. Wonderful to the ears!

  • @davidxoomer3806
    @davidxoomer38066 ай бұрын

    I'm Italian , Maltese people told me that they can communicate with both Arabs and Italians ... just by selecting different Maltese words. 🙂

  • @Greksallad
    @Greksallad Жыл бұрын

    Maltese is one of my favorite European languages and definitely one of the coolest languages in the world. I love Arabic and I love Romance languages so this is just an awesome mix for me. Lots of love from Sweden!

  • @Lampchuanungang

    @Lampchuanungang

    Жыл бұрын

    🎼🎶👍💛

  • @magnuscorbin5040

    @magnuscorbin5040

    Ай бұрын

    It's not Arabic it's Phoenician. Semitic =/= Arabic

  • @Greksallad

    @Greksallad

    Ай бұрын

    ​@@magnuscorbin5040 No. You're wrong. Phoenician has been extinct for about 2000 years. It's descended from Siculo-Arabic which developed from Maghrebi Arabic in the 800s. Speakers of Tunisian and Libyan Arabic can understand about 40% of spoken Maltese, which they would not be able to do if it came from Phoenician. Also, according to many of the comments to this very video, a lot of people who speak both Maghrebi Arabic and Italian seem to be able to understand Maltese almost perfectly.

  • @magnuscorbin5040

    @magnuscorbin5040

    Ай бұрын

    @@Greksallad Phoenician/Carthaginian continued to be spoken in Malta, Tunisia, Lebanon and other places in the Mediterranean long after the Roman conquest. This a is a well documented fact. Arabs can understand some Maltese because it's Semitic, same way an Italian can understand some French because they're both Latin, and they often exaggerate their understanding to claim it as their own language. Ok? It's not a direct descendent of Arabic. Here's a Phoenician sentence from the Tabnit Sarcophagus followed by the Maltese version. Phoenician: al yikunlak zare behayim tahet sems Maltese: La jkollok zerriegha bej il-hajjin taht ix-xemx As you can see it's almost the same despite the huge age difference. There's no question it's descended from it.

  • @Greksallad

    @Greksallad

    Ай бұрын

    @@magnuscorbin5040 Well, every language expert and source I can find on the topic disputes what you're saying. So believe whatever you want but I'm not buying it

  • @tazerdemt7354
    @tazerdemt73543 жыл бұрын

    There is a lot of italian influence in the phonetics.. ..🤗

  • @nanamama152

    @nanamama152

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it's informed by darija (colloquial varieties of North African Arabic), but it's really not very similar to darija, Maltese is a lot softer. I find that when Maltese people speak English, their accent sounds much closer to Italian then to Arabic.

  • @toughlifevirgina

    @toughlifevirgina

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nanamama152 Sicily is only an hour and a half north of Malta! Before cable TV most of Malta's television channels were in Italian bar 2 national language channels.

  • @cloudespeed

    @cloudespeed

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@nanamama152 to me (Italian) maltese sounds like Arab with a few random understandable words put in the middle of certain sentences. So no wonder that, according to Arabs, it's a lot "Italianiased".

  • @alessandroagnitti4791

    @alessandroagnitti4791

    3 жыл бұрын

    As far as I know, Maltese is considered to be the last surviving branch of the Sicilian variety of Arabic spoken on the island during the middle ages

  • @saharbahloul8778

    @saharbahloul8778

    3 жыл бұрын

    Am tunisian and i can almost understand everything tunisian dialect and maltese are almost the same

  • @PalWebTV
    @PalWebTV3 жыл бұрын

    by the way the end screen that says "SUBSCRIBE" is mistaken in all the other languages i can recognize (Spanish French Portuguese & Arabic). the Romance languages say "to subscribe" & the Arabic says "subscription". it should say "suscríbete" / "abonnez-vouz" & so on.

  • @magnuscorbin5040
    @magnuscorbin5040Ай бұрын

    For those who don't know, Maltese is a direct descendant of Phoenician/Carthaginian. Example from the Tabnit Sarcophagus: Phoenician: al yikunlak zare behayim tahet sems Maltese: La jkollok zaghar bej il-hajjin taht ix-xemx

  • @tunistick8044
    @tunistick80442 жыл бұрын

    as a tunisian I can totally understand you

  • @stephenflerisoler4757
    @stephenflerisoler47573 жыл бұрын

    She seems to speak with a Gozitan accent, I am Maltese.

  • @adambenrkhissa6782

    @adambenrkhissa6782

    2 ай бұрын

    Proper Gozitan, not standard Maltese at all :) This a very good representation of someone who speaks the Gozitan dialect/accent of Maltese

  • @Chimmerian72
    @Chimmerian725 ай бұрын

    I feel like I am listening Italian-Arabic mixed language. It's making me feel so good. I am a Turkish person who lives in Athens.

  • @sirenhanced6248
    @sirenhanced6248 Жыл бұрын

    I heard French and Arabic in there. How interesting!

  • @applefoodie
    @applefoodieАй бұрын

    Sounds so interesting! Definitely sounds like a Semitic language, but with heavy Romance (Italian) influence.

  • @blackjackson11
    @blackjackson11 Жыл бұрын

    Il-Malti huwa lingwa tant stramba u sorprendentement rari biex nitgħallem. Huwa fil-fatt faċli.

  • @telekhal

    @telekhal

    Жыл бұрын

    I don’t speak Maltese. But I speak Arabic, French, Portuguese, English, Spanish and German. So I think I understood your phrase. Beautiful and fascinating. 😊

  • @mariamhambardzumyan4460
    @mariamhambardzumyan4460 Жыл бұрын

    There is an Armenian alphabet on the board wowww 😃

  • @tippersimracing6070
    @tippersimracing60702 жыл бұрын

    My grandmother is Maltese and her accent is very strong. Sadly my mum wasn't allowed to learn the Maltese language as my grandad is English and was old fashioned in English only

  • @lukeet331

    @lukeet331

    11 ай бұрын

    Same here, if you're around the same age as me a lot of the migrating Maltese around the age of our grandparents seem embarrassed of their language and heritage. I now live in Malta and it's very much the same today a lot of people hear my English accent and proudly proclaim they hardly speak Maltese and mainly stick to English. Then they're shocked to hear that I'm learning it lol

  • @JonahJojoTheMan
    @JonahJojoTheMan2 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful language.

  • @nasergunono8937
    @nasergunono89372 жыл бұрын

    as a Libyan it makes me laugh when ever i hear any Maltese talking , i dont mean to offend , but it funny that some one else is using some of our words like ( حفنة ، امتعها ) thanks for the video share and keep it up pretty gurl.

  • @Ants-ed3vl
    @Ants-ed3vl3 жыл бұрын

    please do Cypriot Maronite Arabic Sánna

  • @telekhal

    @telekhal

    Жыл бұрын

    @Graeme Duncan there are a few videos of older Maronites in Cyprus speaking. It is indeed heavily infiltrated by Greek, but you can still tell the origins.

  • @s.deegan3740
    @s.deegan3740 Жыл бұрын

    I’m one quarter Maltese by blood. My ancestor Wenzu Lanzun left there in 1769 and came to the New World!

  • @ereno5475
    @ereno54753 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like a mix of european languages and Arabic to my ears

  • @Livingtree32

    @Livingtree32

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because it is 😊

  • @iliaamerian3760
    @iliaamerian37607 ай бұрын

    Sounds like a mishmash of German , Italian and Arabic. Wow!!!

  • @astghikhovhannisyan628
    @astghikhovhannisyan6282 жыл бұрын

    loll, I noticed the Armenian alphabet being written on the white-board behind her ahahah

  • @elinsoderqvist3695
    @elinsoderqvist36953 жыл бұрын

    I am learning Maltese :D

  • @KittyCat-dp2lc

    @KittyCat-dp2lc

    3 жыл бұрын

    Goodluck ! :) i am maltese

  • @samvelmkhitaryan6542
    @samvelmkhitaryan654211 ай бұрын

    the Armenian alphabet in the background>>>>>

  • @ak5659
    @ak56592 жыл бұрын

    Interesting that you'd forgotten Maltese grammar. I think it'svery individual. I was exposed to a lot of Polish when I was younger. The grammar and pronunciation stayed in my head, but I forgot all my vocabulary!

  • @avzarathustra6164
    @avzarathustra61642 ай бұрын

    nice

  • @cemreomerayna463
    @cemreomerayna4633 жыл бұрын

    Loved the language, and the Armenian alphabet caught my eyes!

  • @EyeWatchThemAll

    @EyeWatchThemAll

    3 жыл бұрын

    I thought that was Armenian!

  • @garethrichmond4388
    @garethrichmond43887 ай бұрын

    Neat

  • @angeloritofasanaro9850
    @angeloritofasanaro98503 жыл бұрын

    Da conoscere quanto siciliano praticità e vicinanza.

  • @ihopenoonefindsthisaccount7687
    @ihopenoonefindsthisaccount76873 жыл бұрын

    the armenian alphabet in the back😳

  • @andreasghb8074
    @andreasghb80743 жыл бұрын

    I think I recognized some Italian words - lingua & scuola

  • @Liquorice_Monster
    @Liquorice_Monster18 күн бұрын

    It sounds Slavic, Arabic, and East Asian all at the same time. The world's only Semitic language that uses the Latin alphabet. An absolutely surreal language from front to back.

  • @borabora7724
    @borabora7724 Жыл бұрын

    what about Armenian alfabet behind of you?

  • @akissikouassi3241
    @akissikouassi324111 ай бұрын

    1 This is the hundredth preaching since 2002 and it is the occasion to give glory to God and to thank all those who brought the best thing they have to this Message: Brothers Tchiabia Fofana, Didier Kouamé and Yao Paulin for the transcription as well as all those who have been praying for me and assisting me with their possessions! Apart from those that I mentioned since the beginning of this Message, we must also count several other people like our Sister Djédjé Christine, Brothers Edmond, Marcel and Aimé of the assembly of Kuwait and Brother Kouassi Raymond of the assembly of Adjamé for their vehicles at our disposal. Brother Oré Cyrille and all those who are constantly testifying of the Message like our Sister Marina. And the names of the brave ones will always be amongst the faithful servants of my time. They are like apostles. And even being pastors, they can go and preach in other assemblies and baptise as they are led to. [Ed: The congregation says, "Amen!"]. 2 But our greatest joy is that God has already made us pass from death to Life because we had this Life with Him before the foundation of the world. [Ed: The congregation says, "Amen!"].

  • @shoesg9694
    @shoesg9694 Жыл бұрын

    That's the Armenian alphabet behind you!

  • @Molfiny
    @Molfiny5 ай бұрын

    Hi! Isn't there a transcription of this text in Maltese ortography? I'm looking for a transcribed audio in Maltese for my class of Arabic dialectology. It'd be great if somebody could point me to some helpful resources!

  • @way2girly
    @way2girlyАй бұрын

    Sounds like a mix of Italian and some type of Arabic dialect. Pretty interesting

  • @Reazzurro90
    @Reazzurro90 Жыл бұрын

    As an Italian I can pick up a few words but it is difficult!

  • @evertonpereira14
    @evertonpereira143 жыл бұрын

    I'm brazilian and I got some words in portuguese, spanish and italian.

  • @Matt-cz6ti
    @Matt-cz6ti3 жыл бұрын

    Arabic and Italian blended together

  • @apenasmaisumpensador
    @apenasmaisumpensador Жыл бұрын

    O maltes é lindo!

  • @NabilAbdulrashidComedy
    @NabilAbdulrashidComedy Жыл бұрын

    It’s basically North African Arabic.. if the the moors descendants weren’t kicked out of europe they’d be seen as the same race practically as morrocans and Tunisians

  • @Stephanie-oi9st
    @Stephanie-oi9st3 жыл бұрын

    After she said she was from Gozo, it was much too fast for me to understand until the middle of the video. I’m definitely not use to hearing Maltese since my mother used to speak it in home

  • @kiwiboy1999

    @kiwiboy1999

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've been living in gozo for years, still haven't had the chance to pick up the language.

  • @soisth
    @soisth Жыл бұрын

    I’m curious why the Armenian alphabet is on the board behind you :-)

  • @D_Mans_Productions_Channel
    @D_Mans_Productions_Channel2 жыл бұрын

    Like a mixture of Italian and Arabic. But for some reason I think it kinda sounds like she speaking Sinhala with a slight Jamaican accent!

  • @frostnova8300
    @frostnova8300 Жыл бұрын

    It sounds like if Arabic had developed in Europe instead of the Middle East. I love it

  • @toleen553
    @toleen5538 ай бұрын

    Wow as an arab I understood mostly everything

  • @JayFLopez
    @JayFLopez Жыл бұрын

    Holy shit I went to the same school as her that's wild

  • @lukeet331
    @lukeet33111 ай бұрын

    Amazing language I have Maltese heritage and now live in Malta. Jiena nipprova nitgħallem Il-Malti imma diffiċli ħafna! There's almost no online resources so I resort to annoying my coworker lmao and my Nan who finally after years of only ever saying "ma ridtx" (I don't want to). Will now help lol... Hekk issa nitkellem ftit Malti hazin.

  • @adel6929892
    @adel692989210 ай бұрын

    لغة جميلة

  • @alphabet963
    @alphabet9633 ай бұрын

    So many Tunisian words in that 😮

  • @ProfessorMichaelWingert
    @ProfessorMichaelWingert10 ай бұрын

    Lingua sabi7a indeed! It wasn't very intuitive for me at first, but after turning the CC on, it started to make sense. So why is there Armenian in the background?

  • @aomamebnk5999
    @aomamebnk59992 жыл бұрын

    Weirdly sounds similar to Albanian to me for some reason.. Probably cause of the way "r" is pronounced and a lot of other similar sounds

  • @user-if9pu1cu3s
    @user-if9pu1cu3s7 ай бұрын

    I from Saudi and It gives Tunisian or Moroccan vibes

  • @marianneramsland6893
    @marianneramsland6893 Жыл бұрын

    There is also some similarities to Italian, I would say!