Maltese

Maltese is spoken by about 350,000 people on the Mediterranean islands of Malta and Gozo. It is also spoken in many other countries where Maltese have settled, including Australia, Canada and the United States.

Maltese belongs to the Semitic language family which also includes Arabic and Hebrew. It is the only Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet. The Maltese language developed from the Arabic spoken by the Arabs who invaded and occupied Malta in 870 AD. It has many similarities to urban Tunisian Arabic and also has many loan words from Sicilian, Southern Italian and English.

Please note: Even though older computers may not show the Maltese Text correctly on this webpage, please be assured that the Maltese text will appear correctly in the eBooks on your computer, regardless whether it has unicode support or not.

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Examples from the eBooks: Learn some numbers, colours and a few simple phrases in Maltese with Jack, Lisa and Pete the Parrot.
Numbers...
wieħed, tnejn, tlieta, erbgħa, ħamsa, sitta, sebgħa, tmienja, disgħa, għaxra, ħdax, tnax.
one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
	żewġ karrotti two carrots
	tliet lampuni three raspberries
	Kemm hemm tuffieħ? Hemm tuffieħ waħda, biss. Kemm hi tajba! How many apples are there? There is only one apple. How delicious!
Colours...
	Din il-fjura hi oranġjo. Kemm hi sabiħa! This flower is orange. How beautiful!
	Is-silġ hu abjad u kiesaħ. Brrr... The snow is white and cold. Brrr...
isfar ......... oranġjo ......... roża .......... aħmar ........... vjola ......... aħdar
yellow ... orange ... pink ... red ... purple ... green blue ... brown ... grey ... black ... white
blu .......... kannella .......... griż ......... iswed ............ abjad
Meeting Pete...
	Hallo! Jisimni Piet. X'jismek? Hello! My name is Pete. What is your name?
Going on a picnic...
	Fejn ħa mmorru llum? Aħna sejrin ħdejn l-għadira għall-piknik. Where are we going today? We're going to the lake for a picnic.
	Ieqaf, Piet! Intlifna! Fejn hu l-passaġġ? Ma nistgħux insibuh. Stop, Pete! We're lost! Where is the path? We can't find it.
Time for lunch...
	Mejjet bil-ġuħ I am very hungry.
	Grazzi. Thank you.
	Anki jien bil-għatx. I am thirsty too.
Magpie attack!
	Ajma!! Ajjut! Itlaq! Ow!! Help! Go away!
Goodbye...
	Saħħa! Goodbye!
Extra words...
	Iva. Yes. Le. No. Jekk jogħġbokk. Please. M'hemmx imniex. You're welcome.
Download the full eBook set to learn more about Numbers, Colours and more Simple Phrases. Follow the exciting adventures of Jack and Lisa as they meet Pete the Parrot and go off to find hidden treasure and go on a lakeside adventure!