Sims, You forgot to mention the beauty of Maltese women ;)
I'd like punic as a scripting language! > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of sims > Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2004 12:37 > To: How to use Revolution > Subject: Re: any chatters? > > > >I didn't know Maltese was a Semetic language! > > > >Judy > > > Maltese is a Semitic language. > Maltese developed from a dialect of Arabic and is closely related to > the western Arabic dialects > of Algeria and Tunisia. Strongly influenced by the Italian dialect > spoken in Sicily, Maltese is the > only form of Arabic to be written in the Latin alphabet. > > The Maltese language developed from the Arabic spoken by the Arabs > who invaded and > occupied Malta in 870 AD. > > Prior to this, it is believed that the language used by the natives > was a mixture of Latin, > Greek and Punic languages, which originated from the commercial > connections with the > Phoenicians, many of whom settled here between 800 - 218 BC, and the > Romans who ruled > the island between 218 BC and 870 AD. Punic writings have been found > and also some names > of local villages have a Greek origin. > > Malta was occupied by French-speaking Normans in 1090. > Between 1530 and 1798 Malta served as the base for the Knights > Hospitaller of St John, > who spoke Italian and Latin. Malta became a British colony in 1800 > and the British tried to > replace Italian with English as the local language. > > After Malta become independent in 1964 both English and Maltese were > given official status > and Maltese became the national language of Malta. > > The first known literary text in Maltese, II Cantilena , appeared > during the 15th century. > The first Maltese language was a catechism by F. Wizzino, and was > published in 1752. > > When you attend the European Rev Conference you you find that the > Maltese speak > English very well, most also speak Italian, and of course also > use Maltese. > > Ciao! > sims > EuroRevCon - November 2004 Sign up now! > http://techietours.com/Rev > > -- > Tech Conferences http://TechieTours.com > We make... > iBirthday http://EZPZapps.com/iB > SmartDog http://EZPZapps.com/SmartDog > Kartolina http://EZPZapps.com/kartolina > _______________________________________________ > use-revolution mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution