Malta has two official languages, Maltese and English. The English language is a leftover of about 160 years of British colonisation of Malta. Maltese, whose closest languages are Maghrebi Arabic, Syrian, Lebanese and Palestinian, is the only Semitic language which is written in Roman alphabet. Italian, too, is widely spoken among the younger generation, particularly due to the television programs which are transmitted from nearby Italy. If you don't speak Maltese and are willing to spend sometime with our Survival Maltese you'll find that the Maltese language is interesting enough to make a little effort very worthwhile.
 

BASIC MALTESE

compiled by Grazio Falzon

• BASIC ENGLISH-MALTESE DICTIONARY
• BASIC MALTESE GRAMMAR
• BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MALTESE GRAMMAR
• MALTESE DICTIONARY AND PHRASEBOOK (Maltese-English / English-Maltese)
• SURVIVAL MALTESE

 

THE LANGUAGE SITUATION IN THE MALTESE ISLANDS (by John Xuereb) 

 

MALTESE POETRY ONLINE

compiled by Grazio Falzon

 

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