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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    Technically, they are. They speak Arabic.

    Maltese is a dialect of Maghrebi Arabic, which originated in Sicily under Arab rule but is only spoken in Malta and among very old people on Pantelleria today.
    This logic makes zero sense. Mexicans speak Spanish but they are not Spanish. Brazilians speak Portuguese but they are not Portuguese. Yourself speak English but you are not English.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sorcelow View Post
    Do Maltese have more mena influence than Sicilians?
    Not really, no. They are transplants from Agrigento, Caltanissetta, and Palermo:


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    Quote Originally Posted by Neon Knight View Post
    That is so delicious.....

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    Not Arabs proper, but like a subtype of Arabs.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cristiano viejo View Post
    This logic makes zero sense. Mexicans speak Spanish but they are not Spanish. Brazilians speak Portuguese but they are not Portuguese. Yourself speak English but you are not English.
    But Arab means one who speaks Arabic natively, the others do not mean that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Big Smoke View Post
    That is so delicious.....
    They stick to your teeth though. Terrible for dental health.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    But Arab means one who speaks Arabic natively, the others do not mean that.
    Hispanic is everyone who speaks Spanish, according many people...

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    No.
    I was in Malta some years ago and they don't looks like arabs at all.
    For the language it's souns like a latin language with some foreign admixure.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    Technically, they are. They speak Arabic.

    Maltese is a dialect of Maghrebi Arabic, which originated in Sicily under Arab rule but is only spoken in Malta and among very old people on Pantelleria today.

    Does everybody whose mother language is arabic or a language related to arabic have to be considered as an Arab?

    An arabic-speaking Algerian, e.g., must be considered as an Arab, independently of his origins?

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    Quote Originally Posted by EL_BARBARO View Post
    Does everybody whose mother language is arabic or a language related to arabic have to be considered as an Arab?

    An arabic-speaking Algerian, e.g., must be considered as an Arab, independently of his origins?
    they re all "arabs" for dumb people
    http://www.theapricity.com/forum/att...0&d=1471874957

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    I also have nails that I can use as a weapon.
    https://www.theapricity.com/forum/at...8&d=1509531094


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