[dagoebel]

===> TL;DR: My Girlfriend and I opened the first "Digital Nomad House" in Malta, a tiny exotic island belonging to the EU, 150km north of Africa.

We can host up to 8 digital nomads, who can work, live, sleep and enjoy their "workation" in our Coworking-Coliving-Community-House in Malta. We are the perfect place for bloggers, coders, hippies or all other remote workers who just fast internet and a comfy desk to get into their zone. Plus the sun. Plus the beaches. Plus the peace of one of the smallest countries in the world.

Merħba? What's that? Maltese! It is the officially language, next to English, of Malta - one of the most exotic islands in Europe. Just 2 hours away from all major European airports via RyanAir, most people never ever heard of this country before, where everyone speaks English, living costs are low, internet is ultra-fast (fiber everywhere!). 8 month of Summer a year, average yearly temperature of 18°C. But what makes the Digital Nomad House unique is clearly the sense of family and friendship - this should be not another fancy soulless coworking space. #NoLatte #NoBikesOnTheWalls

So what's the idea: Coworking + Coliving + Community!

You will live in a charming Maltese house with spacious rooftops overlooking the whole island, where we are having BBQ's in the evening and enjoy the sun during the day! Whether you want to have your own private room (+ desk) or prefer to sleep in our dorm, we’ll have you covered. If your brain shuts down after 8 hours of hacking / writing, just dive into the clear blue water and you feel refreshed for the next day.

Nevertheless, while spending more than one year on the island we couldn't find a place of retreat for digital workers. That’s why we created the "Digital Nomad House" in Malta in order to establish it as a long term hotspot for digital nomads in Europe. Prices are fairly low, as we just try to cover our costs as a non-profit.

Insellimlek (this is Maltese, too!)! Paula and Daniel

[stagbeetle]

> But what makes the Digital Nomad House unique is clearly the sense of family and friendship - this should be not another fancy soulless coworking space.

The irony.

[paulcole]

Are you actually a legal non-profit entity?

[grzm]

If it meets the guidelines, this should likely be a "Show HN":

https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html

[bbcbasic]

Merħba? What's that?

Arabic loanword

[azernik]

On the contrary. Maltese is an Arabic language; the only one written in the Latin alphabet. Similar to the relationship between English and the old Germanic languages, most of its vocabulary (about 80%) has been replaced by loanwords (in Maltese, mostly from Italian and English), but the most commonly used words are disproportionately Arabic.

There are a few differences between the Maltese-Arabic and English-Germanic relationships. First, while the Germanic substrate of English is itself a blend of Anglo-Saxon and Nordic languages, the Arabic substrate of Maltese is a pretty well-defined Arabic language/dialect - the now extinct Sicilian Arabic, itself a close relative of Tunisian Arabic. Second, while in English the use of Latinate roots is considered high-status and eloquent, in Maltese a higher proportion of Classical/Quranic Arabic words is considered high-status.

[ryanmaynard]

I thought there was a gnat on my monitor. What is that thing on the "h"?

[azernik]

It's how Maltese represents the Arabic ح in the Latin alphabet.

[grzm]

H with stroke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H_with_stroke