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What is the name of Maltese in Maltese? Like “el español” in Spanish, it’s neat to know what languages call themselves
by ebb_earl_co 11mo ago
What is the name of Maltese in Maltese? Like “el español” in Spanish, it’s neat to know what languages call themselves
- kridsdale3 11mo ago'ish' is a pretty universal english suffix. So Spanish is just "españ-ish".
- ggsp 11mo agoWikipedia says it's "Malti"
- arbuge 11mo agoIl-Malti to be precise. Il- means "the" and changes its meaning to that of the language. Malti alone would mean a Maltese person. Source: I'm also Maltese.
- jll29 11mo agoThe "Il" in Il-Malti is like "al" in Arabic, which Maltese is closely related to as was pointed out above. Arabic (language): al-‘arabiyyah (الْعَرَبِيَّة).
- kwk1 11mo agoA term for that concept, by the way, is "endonym": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym