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by kevinstubbs 1710 days ago
Ach, I was hoping this would talk about the Maltese language :( I've spent some months on the island and it's quite fun to try to say words like Ħaż-Żabbar and Xrobb l-Għaġin!
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Same here! It's a very interesting language in that it evolved from Arabic with no interaction, so nor relationship to Classical or Modern Arabic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language).

Here's a nice phrase that I like: kemm hi kbira id dinja ("how vast the world is")

That seems to be exaggerating, like German and English evolved without any interaction.
Mela.