Malta: The EU Island Whose Language Is Built on Arabic #shorts

Malta is in the EU, yet its language is built on Arabic. Here is why.

Sources:
- Malta – EU country | European Union — https://european-union.europa.eu/principles-countries-history/eu-countries/malta_en
- MED Magazine — https://web.archive.org/web/2017id_/http://www.macmillandictionaries.com/MED-Magazine/February2005/27-LI-Maltese.htm
- National Council for the Maltese Language — https://web.archive.org/web/2024id_/https://kunsilltalmalti.gov.mt/?p=7526
- https://zenodo.org/records/3744525/files/235-13… — https://zenodo.org/records/3744525/files/235-13.pdf?download=1
- Borg, A. (1974) Maltese numerals, ZDMG 124 — https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/77017
- https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123… — https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/111564/1/Maltese.pdf
- https://linguistics.stonybrook.edu/faculty/robe… — https://linguistics.stonybrook.edu/faculty/robert.hoberman/files/publications/Hoberman%202007%20Maltese%20morphology.pdf
- Field Listing :: Languages — The World Factbook — https://web.archive.org/web/2020id_/https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/402.html
- Quantitative approaches to productivity and… — https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11525-020-09358-2
- UNESCO World Heritage: Tyre — https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/299
- Tas-Silg Archaeological Complex (Heritage Malta) — https://heritagemalta.mt/explore/tas-silg-archaeological-complex/
- https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123… — https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/21152/1/The%20arabs%20in%20Malta%20%28no.%2075%29.pdf
- UNESCO World Heritage: Kairouan — https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/499
- https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/21352… — https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/213520/1/Deeds%20of%20Count%20Roger%20part%20four.pdf
- https://www.rmoa.unina.it/475/1/RM-Dalli-Muslim… — http://www.rmoa.unina.it/475/1/RM-Dalli-MuslimSociety.pdf

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