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From:  Marie Alexander
Date:  Mon Aug 2, 1999  7:41 am
Subject:  RE. MALTESE


Dear Carlos,
You are right - Maltese is a Semitic language that had developed independently
of Arabic. It has been influenced by various Mediterranean languages,
particularly French and more extensively, Italian and English. It is written
in Roman Script unlike Arabic. However, we have only very recently started
studying Maltese Sign Language ....The words constituting the name for it in
Maltese are of Italian origin...

Marie Alexander
Institute of Linguistics
Room 410, CCT
University of Malta
Msida MSD 06
Malta

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