Similarities Between Maltese and Arabic (Tunisian Dialect)

The Maltese language, as the only Semitic language in the European Union, shares a lot in common with Arabic. In addition, there are even more similarities between Maltese and the Tunisian dialect of Arabic. The reason for this is very interesting and has a lot to do with the history of the region. Starting in the 9th century, following the Abbasid conquest of Sicily, for over two centuries, the islands of Sicily and Malta were under Muslim rule, known as the Emirate of Sicily. During this period a variety of Arabic, known as Sicilian Arabic (Siculo-Arabic), was formed. A series of battles eventually led to the fall of Muslim rule and the re-establishment of Christian control over Sicily and Malta. However, Sicilian Arabic continued to be spoken under the new state for a few ensuing centuries until it eventually went extinct. The Maltese language today is considered to be its sole surviving descendant. Tunisian Arabic is also related to Sicilian Arabic since they are both Maghrebi dialects with a lot of similarities. As a result, the degree of mutual intelligibility between Maltese and the Tunisian dialect of Arabic could be as high as 40% (or higher). In this video, we'll take a look at how well Maltese and Tunisians can understand each other with Ons (Arabic speaker from Tunisia) and David (Maltese speaker) challenging each other with a list of words and several sentences.
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Arabic is a Central Semitic language and has official/national status Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Chad, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, SADR, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania (Zanzibar), Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The Maltese language (Malti) is the Latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic through its descent from Siculo-Arabic, which developed as a Maghrebi Arabic dialect during the Emirate of Sicily. It is the national language of Malta and distinguished from Arabic and other Semitic languages due to the heavy influence from Romance languages on its morphology. In addition to that, Maltese is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script.

[@BahadorAlast]

The Maltese language, as the only Semitic language in the European Union, shares a lot in common with Arabic. In addition, there are even more similarities between Maltese and the Tunisian dialect of Arabic. The reason for this is very interesting and has a lot to do with the history of the region. Starting in the 9th century, following the Muslim conquest of Sicily, for over two centuries, the islands of Sicily and Malta were under Muslim rule, known as the Emirate of Sicily. During this period a variety of Arabic, known as Sicilian Arabic (Siculo-Arabic), was formed. A series of battles eventually led to the fall of Muslim rule. However, Sicilian Arabic continued to be spoken under the new Christian state for a few ensuing centuries until it eventually went extinct. The Maltese language today is considered to be its sole surviving descendant. Tunisian Arabic is also related to Sicilian Arabic and as a result, the degree of mutual intelligibility between Maltese and the Tunisian dialect of Arabic is very high. Be sure to follow us on Instagram and send us all your questions, suggestions and feedback: instagram.com/bahadoralast/

[@doncorleone3082]

What fascinating history

[@khaledabdullah282]

This was fantastic

[@khaledabdullah282]

Really this was one of the most interesting videos I've watched in a while 👏🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@TheSicilianMelody]

Very well explained. The sicilian language still has many words that come from arabic, words that are practically only found in sicily and cannot be found in any other italian region

[@gemeaux2450]

Great job Bahador 😄😘👍

[@weka301]

The Maltese sounds like an Italian guy who lives in Tunisia for 15 years.

[@Girrllwtf]

hi me maltese

[@weka301]

@@Girrllwtf Hello, jien Ali mill-Eġittu. Pjaċir niltaqgħek Emma. 😊 Sorry if there are mistakes, I used Google translate. 😅

[@Girrllwtf]

@@weka301 no sir no mistakes, good job

[@elgee6202]

@@Girrllwtf, out of curiosity, are there many Maltese speakers who cannot speak English, and if so, why not? How well do most Maltese people speak Italian? Do immigrants in Malta tend to learn Maltese or is it possible for them to know only English and be able to get by with jobs, integrating into society, and so on? I'm surprised Arabic language learning isn't more widespread in Malta due to the similarities and shared Semitic roots.

[@Girrllwtf]

every child in this generation that goes to a Maltese school has to learn English, so most of the adults and kids know English, if you are an immigrant you could try to learn Maltese but giving what I just said almost every person in Malta know English( unless they are very old or an immigrant ). The adults which are 29+ mostly know Italian, it isn't the main language in our country but when they were young they were surrounded by Italian television, unlike me and other kids today. This country is an island, its language is coming from Arabic, so of course the way we speak is very similar

[@LEL-is8xq]

To be honest, Tunisian sounds like an older version of Maltese, as a Maltese native, I love it!

[@LEL-is8xq]

@Tunisian Warrior Actually most Phoenician was lost, it is possible that we have some loan words still from Punic or Phoenician, mostly words we don't know their origin.

[@phoeniciangod3629]

@@LEL-is8xq phoenician is the mother of aramaic and aramaic is the mother of arabic, lebanese here, you can't immagine how many words from phoenician are still used especially in levantine arabic.

[@LEL-is8xq]

@Tunisian Warrior How?

[@LEL-is8xq]

@Tunisian Warrior Do you have like discord or somethin?

[@LEL-is8xq]

@Tunisian Warrior I'm just tellin u dat I dont use yt much so its not ideal to chat

[@pipbread5637]

Love to our Tunisian brothers and sisters! 🇹🇳🇲🇹 We love you!

[@sabeur195]

we love u too

[@simonealicante]

Southern Italy loves you too! Nice to recognize the words your arabic dialects took from italian languages

[@user-ds6sv5vs5w]

We love you too, ❤️😍

[@narjesboussaid8937]

We love you too from Tunisia 😍🇹🇳🇲🇹

[@raniaabidi7380]

Hello malta ❤️❤️🧡🇹🇳

[@carthaginian1153]

Many people are noticing how he could understand her easier than she did. This is because of the way she pronounces the words as they are written while Maltese people don't pronounce some letters in words which makes them harder to guess. The same way Danish people can understand Swedish, but Swedes can't understand Danish. Swedes pronounce words as they are written while Danes don't.

[@johnnyDizzyV]

No one can understand the danes lmao

[@woozldoozl]

@@johnnyDizzyV yeah, danes talk like drunk people that can't pronounce consonants anymore, just a gibberish of vowels

[@shaima921]

@@johnnyDizzyV because some arabic words he can't pronounces and in arabic makes a big difference like the "5a,3a,7a.. " Western can pronounce them only as "H" For ex. 7uma means neighbourhood 3uma means swimmin ..... And they will be pronounced only as "Huma " from non arabic speakers

[@michaelutech4786]

I'm German, can read danish news papers (enough to understand the meaning) but no luck understanding spoken Danish.

[@TH3USUALSUSPECT]

@@shaima921 Well said, I've yet to hear a westerner pronounce 3a correctly I've tried to teach them but they sound like they're about to puke 😂

[@henyadoris7702]

Fun fact : Tunisian and Maltese language both use the word ''inti'' (which means you) for both male and female, unlike other Arabic dialects, they use ''inta'' for male and inti for a female...

[@Sara-dv2nj]

That’s mostly in the northern part of the country ( especially Tunis ..ect). The rest mostly use inta , so do we in the south

[@henyadoris7702]

@@Sara-dv2nj some parts of the southern part use ''inta'' for a male except for Sfax (Tunisian state) which is also located in the south but they use ''inti'' for both sexes

[@riadhby9251]

In the southern region we use inta

[@yosrab95]

@@Sara-dv2nj i'm not from the north, i'm from the sahel ( the eastern coast) and we say inti for both genders. It's not north/south difference, it's coastal/inland difference, people in the inlands have a rural accent different than the one in coastal places. The rural accent is so obvious to us once we hear someone say "enta"

[@Sara-dv2nj]

@@mohannadkhadhraoui6956 Forgot to mention them my fault , sorry guys . I should've added other coastal cities to Tunis ( but i think the rural areas of the governorates still say inta tho ? )

[@DJBassBoomBottom]

Even his accent sounds like hers with some extra italian elements.

[@TarajiYaDawla]

Yeah absolutely 👍

[@modernwarriors7288]

The Mediterranean my friend. Has one of the richest history in the world, endless colonizations, migrations, etc. It's like one big family

[@alfdriss]

Many of the words are from italian and french origin, as cusina (cuisine), bala (pelle) etc.. due of the long influence of these countries in the region (Tunisian-French i am)

[@FalB27]

the first word they said, Kalzetti, is written as Calzetti in italian lol

[@lr9882]

Sicilian. It's not Italian elements.

[@PhyllisienneBrincat]

I’m Maltese and I really was amazed with all this. Well done.

[@turkisafouen2822]

Malte shares a long and tough history with Tunisia unfortunately most of the Maltese dont know anything about this shared history.

[@marioformosa4259]

@@turkisafouen2822 That's because there is no shared history.

[@turkisafouen2822]

@@marioformosa4259 look up at Carthage borders, ottoman empire borders . Tunisia had Sicily and malte as it's province for a long time . If it wasn't for the second world war malte and Sicily would still remain Tunisian territory. Maltese people were a part of North Africa and some of the families still live in Tunisia and Algeria .

[@mikiirasiti]

Watch "Stef Keris Al Andalus"

[@Eneloope2011]

@@marioformosa4259 you wish lol

[@sledgehog1]

Portuguese speaker here. I was shocked to intuitively recognize the words for 'kitchen' and 'ice cream'('cozinha' and 'gelado')! Then again, we have latin and arabic influence, which explains it. Warm regards from Portugal! :)

[@xano2921]

meh, Italian and Sicilian influences on a North African Arabic base

[@Emforlife445]

The words Kitchen and Ice Cream in Tunisian Arabic are of Italian roots

[@flirtinggracefullplatypus8496]

socks as well calcetines?

[@samisdiri5148]

Finally!!! I’m Tunisian and I’ve always saw these HUGE similarities! May the Tunisian Maltese friendship lasts forever 🇹🇳 🇲🇹🇹🇳🇲🇹🇹🇳🇲🇹

[@Kalimat2023]

I transcript a maltese song in arabic the title of the song is Akher bedwi fi wed el Assal howa ana kzbin.info/www/bejne/qofUYnuPo7WBfMU

[@geraldvillaMMIX]

What about the Union of Malta & Tunisia *it's just my wet dream*

[@velocityjet1884]

My Parents are Maltese from Australia, they went to Tunisia for a Holliday, and the majority of Tunisians identified my father as Maltese, they walked up to him and spoke fluent Maltese to him, even though they knew Maltese jokes and rhymes, my father was stunned, plenty Tunisians have been or who have lived in Malta.

[@VitorEmanuelOliver]

When she said her sentence in arabic I was like "holy moly he won't get anything" cuz she spoke very fast. Turns out he got most of the sentence. Maltese is clearly a lot like tunisian arabic

[@wolfnaj3664]

Because she speaks in Tunisian not arabic, if she speaks to a Middle Eastern he wont get a word

[@user-io5mz5ck6e]

@Tunisian Warrior Tunisian dielect is Arabic but with some other languages influence, just lile Maltese.

[@user-io5mz5ck6e]

@@wolfnaj3664 Its Arabic, I am from the Arabia and I find it easy to understand North African dielects especially if it was written, most of us dont understand you becauae you speak really fast and pronounce some words different.

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I m curious to know , where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@cholasha9377]

@@idyllenaive.5461 Not at all They exist in Tunisa , Maltese huge family because Malta was a part of Tunisa long time ago That make sense why don't exist in Marco or lybia or.. The Maltese Islands fell under the Carthage (mean Tunisa now). around the middle of 6th century BC, along with most other Phoenician colonies in the western Mediterranean. Just Google it bro

[@fadiestifani8307]

From Syria i love Tunisua May God keep it safe 😍💐🇸🇾🇹🇳

[@mouhamedslimeni7837]

Thank you dear Syrians love from Tunisia

[@fo6748]

Hopefully Syria will be free soon

[@Sharmapa]

الله سورية بشار

[@bassamtrefi5479]

@@Sharmapa ضروري تدحش بشار بالنص؟

[@hy-pg8gd]

syriac is also goes for ethnics👌

[@nellamarie6211]

Yes!! Expose the Maltese language!! I grew up being told that Maltese is French and Italian because Maltese ppl do not appreciate our roots. Ana Maltiyya by the way, I am learning Arabic since Maltese is 50% there ....

[@omarjallouli4490]

Enti maltiyya wi ena tounsi , nitkalmou kif kif

[@samdelacruz8289]

Maltese is one of my favorite languages. I took up some Arabic back in the day, but didn't make any progress - well, at least I learned how to write. Now I'm learning Italian and Greek, but I also study Maltese from time to time.

[@yosrab95]

I think the british brainwashed maltese people to deny a big part of their history

[@raquelpace1177]

I have never heard a maltese person say it's french and italian ahahha. I'm Maltese myself, we've always been taught (and I myself have always said) it's "a semitic language with influences from romantic languages" - that definition is deeply ingrained into me. Strange how people go about their way to deny it 🤔

[@raquelpace1177]

@@yosrab95 i think it's the one's that tend to speak almost exclusively english that treat it as such, they don't tend to like our language as they feel it's too harsh/savage (which imo is completely obtuse and erases the richness of our history and how it's created this language)

[@wolfthunder2526]

That maltese guy is kinda speaking something Semitic but with a strong Italian flavor.

[@SantomPh]

that's kind of where Malta is, it's not surprising.

[@sherbert1973]

That´s how we speak Maltese.

[@myriam6101]

Tunisian is Arabic with French flavor, lots of Tunisians words have French origins

[@berkcandar8013]

When I met Maltese people for the first time and I heard them speaking it sounded like Arabic with a very thick Italian accent

[@DevletGM]

No, but the answer is somewhat complicated, for two reasons: What is Maltese? What is “Arabic”? Maltese descends from Arabic, in the same sense that English has descended from an early Germanic language. German also descends from that common ancestor. But we don’t call English a “dialect of German”. On the other hand, it wouldn’t be crazy to call English a “modern Germanic dialect”, so similarly you could refer to Maltese as a modern variety (or dialect) of ancient Arabic. It’s not a dialect of Arabic like Egyptian, Moroccan or Iraqi, no. But it’s still related to those. So the phrasing is important, as well as the intention. Note that confusingly we don’t have different words for modern Arabic vs. ancient Arabic, as we do with “German” vs. “Germanic”. (There’s no language called “Arab” or “Arabian” for example, which would be confusing for other reasons but would make this linguistic situation a little clearer.) And it’s not just a question of terminology. What is “Arabic” anyway? The term ambiguously refers to Classical Arabic (the language of the Qur’an) and also all of the very different modern colloquial “dialects”. I’ve written about this elsewhere, including: Daniel Ross's answer to What are the origins of Egyptian Arabic? The problem is that the modern “dialects” aren’t really dialects at all, because they are different enough that they could be considered different languages: Moroccan, Egyptian, Iraqi, etc. They are, however, still linked together, because they form a dialect continuum, so we can’t draw exact borders between them, since neighbors can understand each other, but not always speakers from farther away. (On that complicated topic, see: Daniel Ross's answer to Is there still a Romance language dialect continuum? & Daniel Ross's answer to Can mutual intelligibility be used as a valid criterion in distinguishing between language and dialect? & Daniel Ross's answer to Why aren't Norwegian, Danish and Swedish considered dialects of the same language?). The modern Arabic “dialects” are also linked together culturally, and because Modern Standard Arabic (slightly modernized Colloquial Arabic) is what is written all around the Arabic world, not the local varieties, which are primarily only spoken. So it would actually be fair to say that the various modern “Arabic dialects” are not dialects of Arabic. In other words, they’re similar to Maltese in a way. In the loosest possible interpretation, you could even group Maltese with the others, because as I said above, Maltese does descend from Arabic like the “modern dialects”. But there are some problems with that: What makes Maltese different/unique? There are several reasons not to consider Maltese to be a dialect of Arabic, and more distinct than the modern “dialects” (even if those actually are also different languages as well). First, Maltese is not considered by its speakers to be a variety of Arabic. It was historically, but today it is something else. The most obvious difference is that in Malta, the main written language is Maltese, not written Modern Standard Arabic. Maltese is therefore not part of the Arabic speaking world, even though it is a related language. (A more distantly related language is Hebrew, for example, but no one would call Hebrew a dialect of Arabic even though they go back, originally, to a shared ancestor: Daniel Ross's answer to How closely related were speakers of ancient Semitic languages to each other and other Afro-Asiatic speakers, compared to Indo-European speakers? Of course Maltese separated from Arabic much more recently, while Arabic and Hebrew have been distinct for thousands of years and are not even that closely related in the Semitic family.) Second, what makes Maltese different is the extent of contact with Italian (Sicilian) and a lot of borrowed vocabulary (and other features, including sound and grammar changes). It’s still an Arabic-based language historically, just like English is historically a Germanic language. But English now has mostly borrowed vocabulary (especially from French and Latin, but also other languages). English hasn’t become a Romance language just because of that borrowing from French though, nor has Maltese from Italian borrowing. But clearly English is no longer the same as any of the other Germanic languages, and similarly Maltese is not the same as any Arabic varieties. It’s still in the “Arabic family” (that can’t change, because it is a historical fact, not a descriptive one), but it’s a unique and distinct language. Because Maltese is no longer connected to the Arabic dialects, it will continue to diverge. In summary, Maltese is not a dialect of Arabic. The reason for confusion is that the term “Arabic dialect” itself is used in a confusing way, which would almost make Maltese one of the “Arabic dialects”, but Maltese is both more divergent and less connected than the others, so it should not be considered as one of them. The biggest difference is social: Modern Standard Arabic is not used in Malta as the written standard. We could draw a family tree for the “Arabic family” that includes ancient Arabic at the top, then splits, and from there Maltese is a distinct branch from the other modern varieties (Moroccan, Egyptian, Iraqi, etc.).

[@th9827]

All the love to tunisia and malta 🇮🇶❤🇹🇳❤🇲🇹

[@karabiner9819]

اروح فدوى للعراق 🇹🇳🇮🇶

[@th9827]

@@karabiner9819 ❤❤

[@TuNiSiA-TaMaZiGhT]

❤❤❤❤

[@Amar90]

🇮🇶 ♥️ 🇹🇳 ♥️ 🇲🇹

[@karabiner9819]

@@Amar90 هلا بالعراقي

[@SPILLINTEA_]

I am half 🇲🇹 Maltese and half 🇵🇭 Filipino. My mom speaks fluent Tagalog and my dad spoke fluent Maltese. Hopefully I’ll learn both fluently one day 🙂

[@jqa16]

😮 Nice. I'm half Filipino half Japanese hoping to learn both

[@mourossonero]

As an Algerian, I understood a lot from the Maltese surprisingly! (Not too surprised since we are so close to Tunisia)

[@sadeksama5057]

A lot of Algerians live in malta cuz of the French government deported them there

[@lets_wrapitup]

Well yeah obviously. Algerian -Arabic, Tunisian -Arabic, Maltese -distantly Arabic

[@sammygarnaoui7907]

but i think algerians are closer to Moroccan than the tunisian witch is closer to the libyan. i had met many algerians some of them i did not understood a word of them and some we make an easy kind of dialect to understand each others .

[@sadeksama5057]

@@sammygarnaoui7907 depends on where they live But overall we are closer in language to Tunisia

[@TH3USUALSUSPECT]

@@sammygarnaoui7907 As a Tunisian I can attest to this, had many Moroccan and Algerian friends and none could really understand if I spoke Tunisian-Arabic, Libyans were easy to communicate with though.

[@camilia3749]

Tunisian here ♡♡ was waiting for this video for so long ♡

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I am curious to know where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@monjird3041]

Hai kamilia le Facebook

[@christianaquilina5434]

@@idyllenaive.5461 Met one long ago, her family went to France and set up a comunity there. However most of the younger generations consider themselves French.

[@zaoualimahmoud7117]

From history, Malta and Sicily were under Tunisia 's Aghlabid Dynasty, Tunisians Maltaise and Sicilians are kind of relatives

[@MONTEGO10000]

And Aghlabid Dynasty is a part of abbassid empire

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I m curious to know where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@EdricMicallefFigallo]

​@@idyllenaive.5461 Some say many were deported with other Europeans at some time or the other, or left when European rule ended. I haven't researched the matter myself, so I am not claiming it as fact. I just heard it in conversations many times.

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I think so too, many opted to settle down in France after Algérian indendence, anyway i still remember in my childhood thé last maltese in my village, an Old solitary taciturn man.

[@EdricMicallefFigallo]

There is genetic research on both patrilineal and matrilineal lineages that significantly cluster the Maltese with Sicilians and Southern Italians genetically speaking, not with other populations in North Africa or elsewhere. Two links and some extracts to follow. The first, relatively older, on males, the second one on females. timesofmalta.com/articles/view/genetic-origin-of-contemporary-maltese.9032 "Together with colleagues from other institutions across the Mediterranean and in collaboration with the group led by David Goldstein at the University College, London, we have shown that the contemporary males of Malta most likely originated from Southern Italy, including Sicily and up to Calabria. There is a minuscule amount of input from the Eastern Mediterranean with genetic affinity to Christian Lebanon. Of course, females may have moved, or been moved, along a different route. We used a number of validated DNA markers on the Y chromosome, which are transmitted from male to male. The samples were obtained from an anonymous DNA bank of random newborn DNA that has approval of the research ethics committee of the University of Malta and is a founding member of Euro-Bio-Bank, thus providing for high standards in banking. The methods included state-of-the-art molecular biology and advanced IT tools." www.researchgate.net/publication/306914572_The_Genetic_Heritage_of_the_Maltese_Islands_A_Matrilineal_Perspective "...the Sicilian population being both close to, and also sharing some mutations with the Maltese population exclusively. This trend is also followed in the Italian mainland with North Italy and South Italy being regions which cluster the most often with the Maltese population. This trend is not followed in haplogroups which are not common in the Maltese islands, such as X, where the Maltese sample clusters with the Greek one. The Maltese samples did not share exclusively unique mutations with Tunisian, Moroccan and Libyan samples, even though their geographic proximity would suggest otherwise. An indication of the affinity between the Maltese and Sicilian populations is clearly indicated by the three instances that the Maltese samples cluster exclusively with Sicilian samples in haplotypes belonging to haplogroup H, which is the most common haplogroup in Europe. This is the only time in the haplogroup where the Maltese samples cluster with one other population only and not with multiple populations. The closeness of Sicily and Malta in these analyses confirms the historical, linguistic and archaeological records, which have shown the close relationship Malta had with its northern neighbour from prehistory up to the present." By the way, these, and any serious historical evaluation not clouded by pernicious Phoenician origin agendas so popular at the behest of British Imperialism in Malta, scientifically debunk and obliterate any supposed Phoenician connection. This Phoenician myth was mostly pushed for a very important historical reason which today due to political correctness is often cast aside in an attempt to forget it: Our Maltese ancestors did not and detested being associated or identified as "Arabs" in any sort of way. The Maltese do not like to admit it today, but it is documented, even in political speeches of not so long ago. Some took the "Phoenician" way for three motivations: (1) Phoenician meant not Sicilian, and hence detached us from Sicily, something some favoured greatly (especially if they towed the British agenda); (2) It felt unique, even somewhat mythical and legendary, and one has to remember the romantic currents in 19th century Europe; (3) There was actually a farcical racial theory that the British themselves descended from the Phoenicians, and if the Maltese were so descended, we were racially closer to the British than we were to the Sicilians and, or Italians. Perhaps something which must be said on this and the Maltese language, is that it is written in Latin script because the Maltese wanted it that way, because their literary language was Italian, and was so since the Norman liberation and the establishment of Italian in the Norman Kingdom of Sicily, of which Malta was part. The British Imperialist even attempted to make the Maltese write it in Arabic script and strip it of any Italian element (something taken up by the ridiculous, if not quaintly poetic and misguidedly romantic, Malti Safi movement). The Maltese that could respond, who had no popular opposition or quite the contrary, told them to...and that is the mystery of an essentially Arabic language, written in Latin script. P.S. By the way, great video.

[@miriamcamilleri5228]

Much love from Malta 🇲🇹 I visited Tunisia and loved it

[@ThePunisher014]

I would love to visit Malta, it's definitely on my list for post-covid, much love from Carthage:)

[@yasminetn18]

@@ThePunisher014 seriously dude what is your problem??⚠️ am Tunisian by the way..

[@houssemhajri8492]

Welcom i want to married with girl malta ❤

[@Al.katouss]

@@yasminetn18 ??

[@FestiFesti31]

Hi Miriam😊

[@danielcolombo6712]

This is really interesting! I knew that Tunisian and Maltese Languages are close (as a Maltese), but did not think that they were this mutually intelligible! Well done for the video :-) Thanks to both participants who made it so interesting!

[@ThePunisher014]

Yes they are very much. i bet if you went a few centuries back before the sicilian and english influenced it more, it would've been even more intelligible or even identical.

[@chawquee]

Same feeling as a Tunisian when İ transitted Malta in my way to Tunis from İstanbul

[@MrBensoltana]

There used to be plenty of Maltese in Tunisia. My father used to tell me of a famous Maltese family called Tanino in Sfax. Up until the 70s Tunisians and Maltese used to do a lot of business together without any paperwork or restrictions like now. Basically, the Maltese are the lost brothers of Tunisia. May we both rediscover more similarities between us. 🇹🇳❤🇲🇹

[@thenoobplayz9196]

When there was poverty in Malta when the British here alot of Maltese people immigrated to places like australia america and even Tunisia

[@oreste8570]

Or maybe the Tunisians are the lost brothers of the Maltese. Don't be so Tunisocentric

[@bestplayer7021]

@@oreste8570 yep why not

[@MrBensoltana]

@@oreste8570 I'm saying that with good intentions in relation to Tunisians because I'm Tunisian. If I was Maltese it would be the other way around to express the lost bond. It's like if I meet someone and I say hi my friend. I wouldn't really expect someone to jump in the conversation and say he could be your friend stop being egocentric by calling him my friend. I'm allowed to express my perception of my relation to people aren't I?🤔

[@Eneloope2011]

@@oreste8570 chill bro

[@ASRomaCalcio15]

This is crazy. I speak sicilian (Agrigento dialect) & Italian and so many words here are almost the exact same. I knew that maltese and sicilian have some similarities but I really didnt know to the extent that tunisian dialect had so many loan words from italian and vice versa. Great video.

[@kb-tu2kf]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqWVi2Zrhsuoqck Siciliani d'Africa. Sicilian is taught in Tunis, In this video, Tunisian students speaking Sicilian

[@ASRomaCalcio15]

@killer rock guitar si....anche in sicilia a provincia da provincia, anche vilaggio a vilaggio i dialetti cambiano....

[@ASRomaCalcio15]

@killer rock guitar questo è ciò che rende la Sicilia così bella

[@minlilia6617]

i'm tunisian and i had my DNA test recently i found 28% of my DNA is italian and 7% sicilian (i don't know why they sepatated Sicily from Italy though)

[@realitywins9020]

I'm half Maltese. My DNA test result came back as nearly half Italian (around 49%) with Sicily as the province with the closest match. Overall I'm 98% European (the other half of my family is Scottish)

[@goyolevantiscoaustral]

In Spain we also think every meal with garlic tastes better! 🙂👏🏽

[@imen8254]

I think all the mediterraneans do.

[@steveletterman7121]

and olive oil, don't forget olive oil! that shit is a blessing from the gods lmao

[@saalooaa]

yeah but we but it make your breath smell bad

[@briksouhir9625]

@@steveletterman7121 Agreee

[@aprendizercomygor]

It is the same in Brazil, everything if it is not good enough you just put garlic to give it more flavor lol. The cuisine would die without garlic. Certainly an inheritance from your neighbor Portugal to us.

[@marcdimech8828]

I've been waiting for ages to see my language in one of your videos! 😍 Great video as always! Greetings from Malta 🇲🇹

[@user-ms7gt2km5f]

El Leil el tayyeb, titkalmo Billi ya'jabna ! Ana men l-egitto

[@oldschoolgrech]

Great video. I am Maltese and currently learning Modern Standard Arabic. Maltese has even more similarities with North African Arabic such as Tunisian and Libyan dialects, since they also have been influenced, to an extent, by romance languages. I love the history and unique character of my language. 🇲🇹 The language itself reflects geography, past events and culture. Now something in Maltese 🇲🇹 : Il-kumplament tal-ġurnata t-tajba. Saħħa.

[@benelhajdahmenwael5063]

have a good day. wish you good health. ?? am Tunisian and I ve started learning Maltese

[@oldschoolgrech]

@@benelhajdahmenwael5063 "il-kumplament tal-ġurnata t-tajba" means good day for the rest of the day / remaining part of the day. While "saħħa" means health / strength, but is also used as bye alongside "ċaw". 🙂 Cheers.

[@henyadoris7702]

Tunisian and Algerian dialects are more influenced by romance languages than Libyan.

[@YLB-wk2fg]

@@henyadoris7702 they are all influenced. It’s just that Tunisian & Algerian are influenced by the French language more. Libyan is influenced by Italian.

[@Amar90]

I’m Iraqi Irish and lived in Malta for 4 years. I loved it, but it’s sad that many people aren’t interested in preserving their history and language, tal-peppe 😂

[@progsam]

For the word "barcha" in tunisian, it means very much. In malteese they say "hafna".. we also as tunisians say hafna which is an arabic word حفنة and means "a hand full" ( the quantity of something in a full hand ) . Very nice.

[@mastermaltese8731]

Interesting. In Maltese we have 'barka'- used commonly in sentences related to god. It means 'a blessing', and so this makes sense since we say we're blessed when we have very much/a lot of something ex: rain.

[@progsam]

@@mastermaltese8731 Very nice. In Tunisian arabic dialect we have the same word barka and means the same thing ( blessing from God). We say for example: in this money there is barka . It means this money is blessed. 😁😁 Also we have the same word for saying "Just". For example if I give you something and you refuse to take it.. I will insist by saying " koudh barka" means " just take it"

[@dri_him]

Barcha and baraka is not the same word just in case anyone mixes them up..

[@progsam]

@@dri_him yes that's true.

[@oreste8570]

It's not just words in common. It's the entire grammar and morphosyntax in common.

[@jattupardu1860]

Tunisian Ar.: sbitar Maltese: sptar Sicilian: spitali Italian: ospedale

[@thebs3335]

Arabic: مستشفى (mustashfa)

[@jattupardu1860]

Assabbanarica a mo frati!

[@user-cd2kn8nl6o]

@@jattupardu1860 sbitar come from Italian but in arabic we say mustashfa

[@hurqus9061]

In Arabic we use sbitar as well ( esbitar/اسبيتار)

[@user-cd2kn8nl6o]

@@hurqus9061 where you from

[@nadhirmiled9925]

All the love to Malta from Tunisia 🇹🇳❤️🇲🇹

[@hugodaniel8975]

Thank you brother 😊 when will you visit Malta?

[@nadhirmiled9925]

@@hugodaniel8975 thanks bro ❤️ After the Corona pandemic is over ,I will visit Malta...My cousin was there and he told me that it is a very beutiful country and that the Maltese are very kind and generous 🇹🇳❤️❤️🇲🇹

[@hugodaniel8975]

@@nadhirmiled9925 thank you, you are welcome ❤️

[@mouath_14]

Same thing, can't wait to make a holiday in Malta after my MA thesis

[@meriamammar1727]

I had a colleague at work And he is Maltese I used to speak tunisian and he used to speak maltese and we perfectly understood each other .it was such an amazing experience

[@onslaabidi5254]

Wow, we're almost at 30k views in less than 1 Week 😁😁 I'm glad that most of you did enjoy the Video and thank you for your nice comments guys ❤️ for Bahador thank you again for having me on your channel, it's always a pleasure and keep up the good work 😊

[@alfdriss]

Even more compliments from my wife, who is named Sondes LABIDI :)

[@BahadorAlast]

Thank you! It's my pleasure Ons! Thanks so much for being a part of it! :)

[@onslaabidi5254]

@@alfdriss thank you for you and your wife 😊

[@travelecstasieswithrim6006]

You were great sister I am Tunisian who stays in India and I always tell that our language is similar to Maltese as most of Asians have no clue about our culture ...

[@onslaabidi5254]

@@travelecstasieswithrim6006 thank u darling :*

[@Arabian010]

Finally, Thank you bahador 🤙🏼 تحية من السعودية لتونس الخضراء 🇸🇦💚❤️🇹🇳

[@arielle-polanski]

تحية الإسلام لإخواننا الأعزاء. سلاما و احتراما و حبا 🇹🇳🇸🇦

[@nasrimohamed935]

تحية لبلاد التوحيد

[@yanisk948]

East algerian here (our dialect is very close to the Tunisian one). It really feels like Maltese is a maghrebi dialect. Even the words that are from Italian are not odd at all because there's a lot of code switching with French/Italian/Spanish in our dialect. The only reason why it's a bit hard for us to understand Maltese is the silent letters (the Qaf, the 3ayin, the h and the ghayin ق ع ه غ) but when you know how to read Maltese it becomes very easy. Thanks a lot for this video 👏👏

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I m curious to know where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@marioformosa4259]

I would have thought you speak Tamazight not Arabic

[@Meyouletsgo]

@@idyllenaive.5461 yes they all returned !

[@krimozaki9494]

@@idyllenaive.5461 the family name " the Maltese المالطي " still exist in Algeria for some families

[@simonbennatan8257]

As someone that speaks Spanish as a first language and Hebrew as a second language, my head is having fireworks. I had to tune my brain to switch from Hebrew to Arabic and from Spanish to Italian.

[@gabrielriera9369]

I speak Spanish as my first language and Hebrew as my Third language and I was also very surprised I could understand so many words too.

[@yilmazibrahimbasha2588]

Hahaha ha 🤣

[@MegaMayday16]

Standing with one foot in Indo-European (romance) language and one foot semitic languages really connects to many languages

[@Asgatin6578]

@@MegaMayday16 well in the end our contries are very close to each other X)

[@SLR-hn5yy]

As a Maltese who has grown up in Australia I notice that the Tunisian language does sound similar but is spoken faster and a bit more heavier in accent. I worked out what the lady was saying and I only understand Maltese I struggle to put sentences together but I completely understood everything that she said.

[@mattiamele3015]

It’s not really faster, it’s just that the lack of familiarity makes you perceive it as fast - you can’t understand everything and you would want to hear it at slower speed, but she was already speaking very slowly and carefully articulating every word in order to be best understood. Then it’s interesting that the Maltese guy believed he had picked up something that means “good”, and the meaning was roughly that (“better tasting”) but it wasn’t at all what he thought he heard. The word is “abann”, the comparative of “bnin”. Maltese does have “bnin” but has lost the comparative, so the form used in Maltese is “aktar/iktar bnin” (aktar or iktar means “more”). The Maltese guy thinks the Tunisian girl said “taban” (an inexistent word) which he relates with “tajjeb” (tayyeb) meaning “good”.

[@Sara-dv2nj]

I find it interesting that i, as a Tunisian , understand the phrase better when i read the sentences . Great job , i loved the video !

[@radiant6573]

I think when you see the etting writing it becomes much easier than when you just hear it because some of the letters don't have the same sounds. So I think she did a great job in this because she only hears it.

[@Sara-dv2nj]

Radiant Exactly ! My reaction was exactly like hers when i only listened to what he said it was harder to decipher than when i read the sentences !

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I m curious to know where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@umar4655]

This was very fun! I was waiting for it for a long time. Thank you very much Bahador for organizing and your wonderful guests Ons and David who made the video very pleasant and enjoyable.

[@ElizabethCamilleri]

What a lovely encounter this video was :) Thank you. Maltese here :)

[@feeblejaguar5172]

Thank you all for this most interesting post. I’m not familiar with Maltese or Tunisian arabic at all but I have a great interest in different lingusitic similarities and the origin of words. You caught my interest and made me stay to see it through.

[@_juan.joao_]

Τhat tunissian lady is so pretty!

[@zubairmohammadyusuf942]

Please lower your gaze. The beauty of woman is not physical. Physical should be covered to not cause men to feel desires. The Real beauty of any woman is how many surahs of Quran she memorize. Inshallah my future wife will be hafiz of Quran

[@byron-ih2ge]

@@zubairmohammadyusuf942 you may mind your own business

[@nightowl1826]

@@zubairmohammadyusuf942 Are you okay?

[@safalyaghoshroy2405]

@shifta 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@timdavis1183]

@@zubairmohammadyusuf942 don't know if you're serious or joking but that really made me laugh 😂

[@richneuro6121]

Wow! I am an Italian speaker and it is impressive how many words in Maltese and Tunisian Arabic I seem to recognize! I didn't know there were such similarities (although probably it's influenced by the words chosen) Nice to know :)

[@Sara-dv2nj]

Yes there are not many in comparison to Arabic vocab , but there still is a bunch !

[@marioformosa4259]

@@Sara-dv2nj No there is a lot. And they are altered. Eg it-Tre Re, l-Epifanija, cuc (Cociaro), porkerija (pig sty), tribu', forn (forno). Not to mention professional and technical words: riformatorju, igwaljanza, avukat, nutar, bolla, stampa, mappa, sentenza tal-Qorti, sacerdot, professur, skrivan, pjazza, kollega, ajruplan...

[@zhaziralala]

Amazing! I knew Maltese had some Arabic words, never realised there were so many similarities! good job both of you, and thank you, Bahador, for making us more open and broadening our horizons

[@idyllenaive.5461]

Linguistic Similraties are all thé same ,likewise your own language kazakh with turkish or uzbek

[@papadoc711]

i found this channel through the relations between irish and manx and now im trying to pick up the relation between Maltese and Tunisian, love the channel great idea.

[@minaal-lami2855]

Enjoyed every minute of this! Thank you ❤

[@isaacadkins2344]

I want more ! This time put maltese vs Moroccan/Algerian/Tunisian/Libyan ! I think it will be really interesting to see which speaker gets more of the sentence!

[@berkcandar8013]

But isn't Moroccan very different?

[@TheAwesomeGingerGuy]

according to studies, Tunisians and Maltese people nearly always understand each other better than other Maghrebi dialects and Maltese. the first Maltese Arabs might have been Tunisian.

[@carthaginian1153]

Yeah but Moroccans and Algerians understand Tunisian very well due to contact with them so the result would be very similar between Tunisians and the other two

[@carthaginian1153]

@MariamTN I think it depends on the Moroccan or Tunisian persons we are talking about. I am a Tunisian who can't understand Moroccan. Nevertheless, I have Tunisian friends who can understand Moroccan because they have been exposed to it online or in person. But generally Tunisians speak slow, it's even shown in this video, and Moroccans speak really fast just like Spaniards (people in that region speak fast for some reason) so it's harder for us to understand them.

[@granda2126]

@@carthaginian1153 I think Tunisians can understand Moroccans who came only from specific certain areas in Morocco for example i have many Moroccan coworkers and friends abroad! people from Casablanca are super easy to understand also from Rabat the capital but people from Marrakesh for ex it was impossible to understand them, and we had to communicate in English !! so it depends on the region !! but the only people who use basically the same dialect as Tunisians "not just understand" are the east Algerians, the only difference is dat Tunisians say Barsha and E.ALGERIANS say "Bezzaf" !!

[@sophiak6396]

i’m greek and we have a few same words. sock is kaltza καλτσά, kitchen is κουζίνα kouzina

[@chawquee]

Sophia İ love sarma mousaka and alot if your food since Am married to BulgaroTurkish and living in İstanbul salutes from a Tunisian

[@raniaabidi7380]

We love sakkari tennis player with our daughter ons jabeur 🇹🇳❤️

[@josepharbash9264]

I was waiting for this video 😍😍😍 Thanks very much 😍😍🕺🕺

[@nextlifetimebrendan3940]

Omg this is sooo crazy! I just was watching Maltese videos yesterday and might add it to my list of languages i want to learn !!!

[@khaledabdullah282]

This really made my day. Thank you!

[@mediterralien]

5:04 actually he was right we use the word "bala" as well to describe a big amount of things especially merchandise or thrift clothes..

[@nadaomar6373]

We Libyans use it to refer to a spade or to describe someone’s palm as well 😅

[@SayahSaif]

True I was gonna write that

[@kb-tu2kf]

That word ''bala'' is also used in Tunis in that meaning, for exemple a shipment or load of used clothes (fripperie), etc. The first meaning though is a shovel

[@TheLordoftheDarkness]

The Tunisian "bala" also have that meaning. "Bala" can be used as a unit of measurement and is generally used to refer to a load of used clothes or to a haystack.

[@darklanov]

Tuisian here, I've been waiting for this video.

[@FermatWiles]

That Tunesian girl is BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!!!!

[@hamdikendil2337]

we have a lot of beautiful girls in Tunisia

[@chekibskhiri3094]

All of our girls are beautiful 😍

[@Mo-zh2sc]

@@chekibskhiri3094 religious ones usually aren't

[@chekibskhiri3094]

@@Mo-zh2sc I don't look to them , so I don't know 😂

[@marioformosa4259]

@@chekibskhiri3094 Ha! Ha! Good one!

[@wissalhm799]

من اول مرة سمعت المالطية قلت كتشبه للهجة التوانسة غي بانليا فيها كلمات انجليزية و ايطاليا تحية للتوانسة الغزالين لهجتكم حلوووة🇹🇳🇲🇦❤ و على فكرة تشبه شوية لهجة الشمال المغربي ماعرفت كيفاش و لكن هاد الكلمات كلها لي قالو كيقولوها ناس الشمال طنجة و تطوان 😍

[@arielle-polanski]

أصولنا الكلها قريبة و ثمة تمازج كبير بين الشعوب. ارضنا كانت من دون حدود من شبخ الجزيرة العربية الى الأطلسي... تحياتنا الى إخواننا المغاربة

[@mr.riffian9507]

@@arielle-polanski لان الاصل امازيغي، حتى اللهجات الامازيغية متشابهة من سيوى ليبيا لطنجة الى الكناري.. و ايضا تاريخ شمال افريقيا الطويل قبل الخسلام ،😁 اما خرافة من الجزيرة لعربية للاطلسي هي خرافة و عمرها كانت و هو غزو ، المغرب استقل عن العرب و الخلافة الأموية بعد ثورة ميسرة المطغري سنة 740 ميلاديةم، بعد اقل من عشرة سنين من الاحتلال. بالرغم ان الاحتلال الاسلامي ظل مستمر.😖

[@mohmdt553]

1:31 "qares" >in classical Arabic "قارص=qares" is a word that encompass a lot of meanings one of them is "very sour" for example "قرَصه الشّرابُ: لذعه", although I think the word "لاذع=ladhae" is more famous 7:01 the word he mentioned in Maltese is "ħafna" and means "alot" >is a classical Arabic word " حفنة = hifna" which means "a handful = the amount that fill both hands together". 8:26 "iż-żarbun" comes >from classical Arabic "الزربون = az-zorbun" a type of shoes that was wear in Mameluke era and wear by Egyptian farmers. 7:35 The REST of THE FIRST SENTENCE 👇👇👇 -📌"Dan" means "this" >from classical Arabic "هذان=hathan" or the other form "(ذان(بدون هاء التنبيه=than" which actually means "these two".....( 'th' in the words 'hathan' and 'than' is pronounced as in the Eglish word 'that'). -📌"diġatqatta" from "إتقطع=etqata" >from classical Arabic "تَقطع = taqata" means "already cut or has been cut". -📌 "għalhekk" from "لأجل هيك = li'ajl hik" means "therefore ,or for that reason\thing that already mentioned)". -📌"kien" from "كين=kien" >from classical Arabic "كان =kan" means "it/he was". -📌 "daqshekk" from "داك الشي = dak eshee" >and comes from classical Arabic "ذاك الشيء =thak a'shay' " means "that thing".....('th' in the word 'thak' pronounced as in the Eglish word 'that'). -📌 "irħis" from "إرخيص='iirkhis" >from classical Arabic "رخيص=rakhis" means "cheap". 10:03 The SECOND SENTENCE 👇👇👇 -📌"min" means "who" >from classical Arabic "مَن=mn" (مَن" إسم موصول") which means "who". -📌"iħobb" means "loves or likes" >from classical Arabic "يُحب=yuhib" which means "loves or likes" for the single masculine third person. -📌"il-morr" means "the bitter" >from classical Arabic "المُر=almur" which means "the bitter". -📌"oħrajn" means "others" >from classical Arabic "أخرون='akharun" which means "others".....( 'kh' in the word ' 'akharun " is pronounced like in the Spanish 'ja' as in the Spanish word 'Alejandro'. -📌"l-ħelu" means "the sweet" >from classical Arabic "الحُلو=alhulw" which means "the sweet".

[@salah_dz5967]

qares" في الجزائر يعني اليمون

[@jackdavids2723]

Thank you very much for this comprehensive explanation

[@Clevo89]

Many thanks.... I always had the impression Maltese roots come from the classical Arabic but with much shifting of the vowels...due to I think they way classical semitic languages were written without the vowels. The vowels shift as the language is passed on verbally over centuries.

[@jaweher.s]

That's it yeah

[@ThomasCotter-vo9pn]

I have had a feeling Maltese had a fair amount of classical Arabic fromth9thCentury to the 11thCentury I noticed a lot of similar classical Arabic word in Mauretania and Beduin and also Sudanese thanks you have just proved it for me

[@Groove328]

This video was real cool. Well done guys!

[@bdne.0066]

Thank you so much for making this video Bahador! I was born in italy but my parents are moroccan, the maltese is such an interesting language for me!

[@auadisian]

"كل ماكلة مع التوم تكون أبن" The Maltese guy understood more of it than Arabic speakers in the Levant!

[@PopcornLegend]

As a gulf Arab I was surprised that I couldn’t understand the Tunisian dialect at all

[@th9827]

Actually just آبن is stranger to me the rest are quite easy to understand and i guess آبن is derived from the french "Bon" Edit: thanking the guys below I discovered that the word آبن is actually Arabic "Classical Arabic" 🙏🏻.

[@PopcornLegend]

@@th9827 I’m exaggerating that I couldn’t understand everything, but I was trying to emphasize that it’s really interesting how it seems impossible to understand.

[@aliallouche4222]

@@th9827 البَنَّة طيبة يعني تستعمل في اللهجة التونسية ل الريحة و الطعم الجميل أبحث عنها في المعجم العربي

[@sammygarnaoui7907]

@@PopcornLegend SIMLY COZ THEY AINT ARABS AT FIRST

[@MsFunkelstern]

I really enjoyed this video!

[@ferdinandfernando1739]

The Maltese guy understood the Arabic girl almost completely.

[@MONTEGO10000]

Because this is original pronunciation

[@carthaginian1153]

This is because of the way she pronounces the words as they are while Maltese people don't pronounce some letters in words which makes them harder to guess. The same way Danish people can understand Swedish, but Swedes can't understand Danish. Swedes pronounce words as they are written while Danes don't.

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

Maltese accent does share some similarities with the levantine accents as well. Interesting. For example they pronounce “ق” / “qaf” as a "ء" or glottal stop. Which is what happens in urban levantine and egyptian dialects as well.

[@Silent-observer173]

yes exactly, in lebanon we use hamza in lieu of qaf

[@amineafaryate2598]

And old fasi dialect in Morocco

[@arkham1329]

@@amineafaryate2598 Also in the Tlemceni dialect (Tlemcen, Western Algeria)

[@MONTEGO10000]

Because Malta was a Phoenician island until the 8th century. Maltese is 70% Tunisian with a Lebanese accent

[@Ahmed-pf3lg]

@@MONTEGO10000 Phoenician is a different language and has nothing to do with Arabic Lebanese accent. Pls stop trying to push this stupid Phoenician agenda. You realize Phoenicians have been extent for more than 3000 years?

[@mjhmab]

Tunisian shares unique words with maltese that even algerian or libyan dont have. Sicilian arabic was very similar to Tunisian.

[@fas5220]

true man ! i m Moroccan ,i have visited Malta twice ,the Maltese most reminds of the Tunisian dialect . no other dialect in the region is closer.

[@anouarov]

it's not true Algerian dialect is more and more influenced by the Latin languages than all its neighbors

[@fas5220]

@@anouarov do you mean that Algerian language is more influenced by Spanish than the northern moroccan language in Tangiers Tetouane and Chefchaouen...? and do you also mean that Algerian is influenced by Maltese and Italian more than the Tunisian is? if you confirm ,do you have any studies? any sources? or you only think ? by the way in Tangiers and Tetouane you can use Spanish with almost everyone on streets . please clarify more ,it s interesting what you said.

[@fas5220]

@louiza bz frankly speaking it s hard to guess what he meant. even if he was talking about the ancient latin i dont see how Algerian could be more influenced than the other neighbor dialects. French on the other hand is more present in the capital dialect and big cities in the north ,that s true, due to the colonial period.

[@user-lc7fu6ey1g]

@@anouarov it s strange to hear that Algerian dialect is more influenced by Spanish than the Moroccan, especialy in the north . The logic says when two countries has common borders there is more probability that they influence each other . Morocco with Spain , Tunisia and Malta or Italy . In the north of Morocco there is huge interraction between Moroccans and Spaniards , Spanish people livng there ..tourists coming because it s very close ...thousands of people enter to Ceuta and Melilia on a daily basis for work and trade ...i dont even mention the colonial time during which all the north was under the Spanish control.

[@zahraella6647]

Greate video , I love the subject. As an Algerian I always been intrigued with the simiraties of the north african dialects and Maltese

[@joecachia2]

Loved this. Sahha!

[@rayasammari7286]

peace from tunisia ❤ keep going i love it 😍

[@ayamounamon1223]

Same dialect but the malteese never pretend they are arabs like akgerians, tunisians . Who denied their berber identity...malteese never pretends he is coming from arabia..

[@F.7PFaisail]

Ayamoun AMON Because in North Africa there are also Arab tribes, not all are Berbers

[@ayamounamon1223]

@@F.7PFaisail no, there are just berbers arabized..ehnically there are not arabs in north africa

[@F.7PFaisail]

@@ayamounamon1223 There are well-known Arab tribes from the Arabian Peninsula who settled these lands. If you are ignorant, this is not my problem

[@othmanebenarbia5490]

i've been waiting for this a looooong time ago

[@NaomiGigi]

This is so fascinating! Maltese is such a beautiful and unique language, I wish I heard it more often!

[@taurusmoon2974]

As a somali person who speaks arabic i understood most of the words. Somalia was colonozied by Italy so we say isbitaal, gelatto and many other Words that they mentioned. Also to mention Somalia has arabic as official language. Maltese is interesting language❤️

[@raniaabidi7380]

Haw you call kitchen.. Socks... Carrots in somalia please ❤️

[@lopk4568]

@@raniaabidi7380 kitchen --> can be "madbakh" from مطبخ or "jiko" Socks --> "sharabaad" or "sigsaan" Carraots ---> "kaarooto" or "daba 'ase"

[@raniaabidi7380]

@@lopk4568 thank you brother big love from tunisia to our brothers in Somalia ❤️🙏

[@lopk4568]

@@raniaabidi7380 much love to tunisians ❤

[@raniaabidi7380]

@@lopk4568 hope I can visit Somalia and east Africa one day you have a very very beautiful land 💕🌍👌🏽Africanos for ever

[@user-nx6ny8pw2u]

This is amazing. I've wondered about it for a while.

[@elizaa.367]

Awesome video, I love it! 😊👏

[@intermilanboy2010]

Wow very interesting video I learned something new today! Had no idea Maltese sounded so similar to Arabic!

[@TH3USUALSUSPECT]

Much love to my Maltese brothers and sisters, from a Dutch born Tunisian.

[@gearlord8506]

The Dutch are a union of several Germanic tribes, romanized by the Romans in the fifth century AD, when Roman colonization and the passing of the baton of civilization from the Mediterranean. And modern Tunisians are Semitic Arabs and Phoenicians, as well as autochthonous Berbers, so it would be wrong to say that you are brothers if you were only born in Tunisia, but it is different if one of your parents is Tunisian

[@sammygarnaoui7657]

here is another dutch born Tunisian and also a big hug to the Maltese.

[@TH3USUALSUSPECT]

@@gearlord8506 Not sure what you're rambling on about, I was born and raised in Amsterdam, both parents Tunisian from Gafsa.

[@pipbread5637]

Love right back at our Tunisian brothers and sisters

[@miriamjouini6013]

@@TH3USUALSUSPECT chaliih 😂 schweja schweja dechel barsu..miskiiin... Hope u got it 😉☝🏽 the german tunisian... ✌🏽

[@azamasim1206]

Thank you for this video again. I already thanked you on insta but I find it very interesting as I live in Malta. I am an Indian. Matlese is a very interesting Language and Maltese People are also amazing. This Place is just amazing. Thank You For This Video. I have been waiting for this since I came to Malta a year ago.

[@zedjay4034]

Actually, in Tunisia we have this saying: - Where are you going? "Fin mechi?" - I am going to Malta. "Mechi el malta" Which means: l am going to a far place

[@tesso.6193]

I also enjoy that "going to Switzerland" is a euphemism for going to jail for some reason lol

[@TarajiYaDawla]

In germany they say: i go behind swedish curtains. Means: I go behind bars/ in prison.

[@Mohtellawi]

We say the same at Jordan! Rayeh la malta

[@thedevopsconsultant]

Fin mechi seems to be related to "Fejn miexi" in Maltese. Fejn miexi i.e "where are you walking to?"

[@Mohtellawi]

@@thedevopsconsultant Fein means where in Egyptian Arabic Mashi means "walker" in Arabic Fein mashi means "where are you waking to?" I think we should consider maltese people as the lost Arab tribe hhh Merhaba min el urdon

[@arongatt]

Guys I really loved watching this, I’m Maltese and love the Arabic culture and languages. I feel so fortunate as a Maltese being sandwiched by two beautiful continents which are both amazingly beautiful in so many ways 🙏

[@cathrynm]

This is fascinating. I know nothing about either language. Interesting to hear them try to puzzle out the meaning.

[@enesgonen1332]

A great video Bahador. İ really love your channel. A small suggestion: it would be better if we could see both of the sentence at the same time before they disappear.

[@ba8898]

Another great video. Maltese has to be one of the most fascinating languages of Europe, linguistically and historically.

[@sasamilenkovic6053]

I love this video. Thanks!

[@bennizar1689]

funniest thing I encounter in Malta, a kids fell on his butt and he told his mom "sormi youja3ni" LOL I was chocked but then I understood that sormi means my butt while in Tunisia it's my vagina hahah

[@mastermaltese8731]

😂 Wisq tad-daħk.. In maltese vagina is "għoxx" pronounced 'oshsh', and d''ck is żobb, this is also from Arabic can you tell me if it means something? 😂 If Maltese would ever go exctinct the swear words will be the last to survive

[@bennizar1689]

@@mastermaltese8731 hahah.. yes we use "oss" also but it's more of a vulgar word for vagina.. for the other word replace the o with e.. its the same

[@nedhir8991]

All love to my country and Malta . 🇹🇳🇲🇹

[@dinar1119]

You are powerful enough to give us a Turkish Cypriot- Greek Cypriot or Kurmanji-Turkish video. Greek-Turkish and Armenian-Turkish videos went pretty awesome and I think having Kurmanji-Turkish on the channel would serve the greater good. As a Persian and Turkish speaker you’d enjoy doing it too. It’s not the same when the Turkish speaker isn’t Şimal though :( To make it more interesting when we can’t have Şimal, you can choose a Turkish person from southeastern or eastern background.

[@Boilmyovaries]

As a Tunisian this is very interesting thanks for the effort

[@MrFranciss]

Greetings from Morocco, we do have most of these words as well. Sometimes I listen to Radio Maria just to hear Maltese that I find beautiful.

[@cellan88]

this was so cool u guys!

[@wimaken1615]

Thank you for this video

[@samihammami8922]

Many thanks guys for the effort. A way to bring people close to each other far away from those bloody politicians.

[@rickymaltese]

Loved it!

[@khaledabdullah282]

Well done all. This was very interesting.

[@jamiesongreen8686]

Very interesting video. As an arabic speaker I was able to understand a lot of words here and there, but when he said "some like bitter, others prefer sweet" I understood the whole thing on the first pass. Very interesting!

[@aesthetic_sunny1237]

As a Moroccan I understand Maltese. And Maltese people they always ask me if I am talking in Arabic, and they actually understand what I am saying literally. As well I find them there attitude like us in North Africa. Nice, helpful and warm. I know their roots where are coming from now. Ok good to know

[@tess_88]

I'm Tunisian it's so fun to watch, and I know some Maltese friends so that's really cool

[@SionTJobbins]

excellent - always wanted to see this. Well done. Hebrew and Maltese next!!

[@alfdriss]

It will be intersting, because hebrew and arabic are from the same roots. I was watching some videos from israel and was able to understand many words of (modern) hebrew, they sounds exactly as tunisian/arab speaking

[@beaversforlife1298]

This was an interesting video for me as native Maltese I could pick up most of what she said in a minute

[@mahermsehli8338]

Big respect I was waiting for this long time ago finally it’s here 🥰🇹🇳 🇲🇹 God bless u Tunisian live in Sweden

[@LearnGermanwithMarzipanfrau]

Wow that was really interesting. I didn't know this.

[@hindlekam]

I'm algerian and i obviously understood every tunisian word (except the first one, socks are tkacher in algerian) but his phrases were trickier, I got ''tqatta'' for ripped and Irhis for cheap but not the whole thing. anyway it's very interesting :) Thanks for the content 🇲🇹♥️🇩🇿♥️🇹🇳

[@henyadoris7702]

@MariamTN no, it depends on the person, and the region, some people use calcitta and some other use klast

[@Sara-dv2nj]

MariamTN kalcitta is more like the singular form of klaset , isn’t it though?

[@mohamedchafikmazigh4185]

@MariamTN klast is actually plural for kalsita which makes it kalsita = sock klast = socks

[@idyllenaive.5461]

I m curious to know where are Algérian and tunisian maltese , dnt find any in Algéria over 200000 maltese lived in libya,Algeria ,Tunisian, did they return to Malta, it s strange since they stayed for 3 consécutive générations here

[@mastermaltese8731]

We have "karkur" meaning "house slipper" and "kaxkar" meaning "to drag" ex drag along the floor.

[@missmessy3]

Greart video, first time to hear Maltese I was shocked when he was counting numbers and days, it's exactly the same as Arabic !!!

[@OsOsBSaheliano]

Maltese is just an Italian reading Tunisian texts in roman letters for the first time.

[@haledhajdari1154]

Great job Bahadur !