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The Maltese Language

The Maltese language is spoken by around 396,000 people in Malta as 2012, Maltese although being a Semitic language it has been influenced by European languages which are Sicilian,Italian and a minor influence which is still growing from English. French is also one of those components that are found in Maltese however it was also one of those minor influences on the Maltese people.

Nowadays Maltese is known as the only Semitic language in Europe which makes use of the latin Alphabet. To cut the long story short the Maltese language is composed of 4 main languages and 2 minor ones (Norman French+Spanish) these are:

Siculo Arabic+Sicilian+Italian+English=Maltese