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  • They are Arab because they speak Arabic.

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  • They are Arabic-speaking Sicilians.

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  • Maltese should be considered a separate ethnicity from both Sicilians and Arabs.

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    Default Do you consider Maltese to be Arabs?

    Maltese are in reality just Arabic-speaking Sicilians. Maltese is neither an ethnicity nor a language but for nationalistic reasons they consider themselves both.

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    They dont speak arabic

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maintenance View Post
    They dont speak arabic
    Yes, they do.

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    they are christians, aren't they? so no.
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    Are you dumb?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sikeliot View Post
    Yes, they do.
    They speak maltese, they understand just as much arabic as I do., or even less.

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    Quote Originally Posted by PentaDrägon View Post
    they are christians, aren't they? so no.
    The Maltese are not Arabs, but there are Arabic christians, such as the Maronites


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    I have been in malta and therefore have heard malteese speek.
    As I live in France, I had the luck to heard many time arabs.

    I can assure you the two language are differents.

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    Malteste is a semitic language thats highly infuenced by english and partly italian, its by FACT not arabic.

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