View Poll Results: What language is closest to Maltese?

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  • Arabic (Semitic - Afro-Asiatic)

    24 55.81%
  • Sicilian (Romance - Indo European)

    19 44.19%
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    Default Is Maltese closer to Arabic or Sicilian?

    Malta1066falzon could much better demonstrate how the language looks, so I'll just leave the floor open to discussion rather than trying to steer it one way or the other.
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    Physically as well?

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    Why did'nt you add a poll?
    Quote Originally Posted by ZnZn View Post
    On the left, the Middle-East 4000 years ago; On the right, Spain 3000 years ago:
    Arab peace-loving:
    Quote Originally Posted by Gilgamesh900 View Post
    *sigh* The biggest mistake/tragedy that the Spaniards and the Portuguese have ever done was propagating with native Indian and Black women creating useless biracial and triracials in the Americas.

    Ask Philo anything you'd like barring obvious troll questions

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    Quote Originally Posted by abellino View Post
    Physically as well?
    No, we're only talking about the language, written and spoken, not phenotype.
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    Quote Originally Posted by alfieb View Post
    Malta1066falzon could much better demonstrate how the language looks, so I'll just leave the floor open to discussion rather than trying to steer it one way or the other.
    O GOD, I COVERED THIS SUBJECT LIKE A MILLION TIMES.

    YES OKAY MALTESE IS ARABIC, MALTESE PEOPLE ARE ARABS, MALTESE CULTURE IS ARABIC, WE SHOVE KEBABS UP OUR ASSES LIKE GOOD MUSLIMS.









    over reacted much?

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfieb View Post
    No, we're only talking about the language, written and spoken, not phenotype.
    Yeah I know that. You should have added a poll and we could see what people think.
    Quote Originally Posted by ZnZn View Post
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    Arab peace-loving:
    Quote Originally Posted by Gilgamesh900 View Post
    *sigh* The biggest mistake/tragedy that the Spaniards and the Portuguese have ever done was propagating with native Indian and Black women creating useless biracial and triracials in the Americas.

    Ask Philo anything you'd like barring obvious troll questions

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    Quote Originally Posted by Malta1066Falzon View Post
    O GOD, I COVERED THIS SUBJECT LIKE A MILLION TIMES.

    YES OKAY MALTESE IS ARABIC, MALTESE PEOPLE ARE ARABS, MALTESE CULTURE IS ARABIC, WE SHOVE KEBABS UP OUR ASSES LIKE GOOD MUSLIMS.
    But there was never a poll before now.

    Remove kebab. Insert kannoli.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Philo View Post
    Yeah I know that. You should have added a poll and we could see what people think.
    There is a poll. It's called replying too soon.
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    it seems to be a fusion

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    Quote Originally Posted by alfieb View Post
    There is a poll. It's called replying too soon.
    OK. Sorry.
    Quote Originally Posted by ZnZn View Post
    On the left, the Middle-East 4000 years ago; On the right, Spain 3000 years ago:
    Arab peace-loving:
    Quote Originally Posted by Gilgamesh900 View Post
    *sigh* The biggest mistake/tragedy that the Spaniards and the Portuguese have ever done was propagating with native Indian and Black women creating useless biracial and triracials in the Americas.

    Ask Philo anything you'd like barring obvious troll questions

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