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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/138403| Title: | Arabic in Malta |
| Authors: | Mifsud, Manwel Borg, Albert |
| Keywords: | Maltese language Arabic language -- Influence on Maltese Maltese language -- Foreign elements -- Arabic Maltese language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Arabic Malta -- History -- Arab rule, 870-1090 |
| Issue Date: | 1994 |
| Publisher: | New Delhi: Bahri Publications |
| Citation: | Mifsud, M., & Borg, A. (1994). Arabic in Malta. Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics : Arabic outside the Arab World, 20(1-2), 89-102. |
| Abstract: | This paper documents the presence of Arabic in the Maltese islands, starting from a consideration of the Maltese language itself which is an offshoot of Arabic but which throughout many centuries has been both isolated from the mother-tongue and exposed lo the massive influence of non-Arabic languages in a Christian environment. As a consequence, Arabic is considered a foreign language in Malta, but there is an ancient tradition of the teaching Arabic for a variety of reasons. The study also dwells on a number of ancillary issues, such as the contemporary community of Arab nationals and the role of Arabic in the codification of Maltese. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/138403 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtMal |
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