Maltese language

Definitions of Maltese language
  1. noun
    the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman-French
    synonyms: Maltese, Malti
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    type of:
    Semitic
    a major branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family
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