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The Maltese Language
Hey! Some backstory behind this video-I had already wanted to talk about Maltese for a little while, and then I get hit with an assignment for my linguistics that literally asked me to make a video talking about any language spoken in Europe. Go figure!
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NOTES
• The Darija sentence near the end of the video used to illustrate the pronunciation differences between it and Maltese uses words like ṭ-ṭfal that aren't as common as their non-cognate counterparts (d-drari in this case). Such words were used anyway since the goal was to illustrate the difference in pronunciation between the two languages which is most clearly shown through cognates :)
• I normally don't describe languages as sounding "harsh" or "softer (than)" or whatever, twas simply one of the requirements for the assignment lol
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REFERENCES
• [Maltese spoken] -
ua-cam.com/video/TCLzMvpaB8M/v-deo.html
• [List of 100 most common Maltese words] - www.cram.com/flashcards/100-most-common-maltese-words-8643742
• [Can North Africans Understand Maltese?] -
ua-cam.com/video/Xu3V3IATEMw/v-deo.html
• [History of Malta] - www.britannica.com/place/Malta
• [LangFocus video on Malta, great as always] - ua-cam.com/video/C7VdeHdBn-g/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Langfocus
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  • @mamayut5085
    @mamayut5085 3 години тому

    It's been so long

  • @deadbushinc.5105
    @deadbushinc.5105 4 години тому

    3:38 Apologies for any potential ignorance but wouldn't "reġinijiet" being produced by native speakers automatically make it part of Maltese grammar? You make it sound as if these speakers are making a mistake even though it's their language

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc Годину тому

      Great question! I wanna make it clear I'm not prescriptively assigning a "correct" plural form and saying they're making a mistake otherwise, just rather that the instability of Maltese plural formation can trip up a lot of native speakers, kinda like how lots of native English speakers get confused with the past and perfect inflections of "to drink"-that verb has so many vowel alternations that I myself have said things like "I haven't dranken anything" which is technically ungrammatical-obviously you'll be understood n stuff so it's okay in accordance with descriptivism-but still an interesting observation. Lmk if that makes sense!

  • @somedude5990
    @somedude5990 7 годин тому

    Wow they applied Arabic word forming to loanwords? The madlads lol. Actually thinking about it we sometimes do too but it's usually when you're improvising a word. For example years ago my cousin asked me: مالك مَفَسْبِك كدا؟ Roughly: Why are you Facebooking so much?

  • @DanielMemeSmith
    @DanielMemeSmith 8 годин тому

    As a Maltese myself I am surprised to see a new video in my recommendations about my native language! Thanks for taking interest in this unique language.

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc Годину тому

      it's a lovely language :D

  • @robkabar303
    @robkabar303 14 годин тому

    This video was such an insightful and well-researched dive into the Maltese language! It’s amazing how you’ve managed to balance both the academic side of things while making the content really engaging and easy to understand. The way you explained the pronunciation differences between Maltese and Darija was super clear, and I loved how you used cognates to highlight those distinctions. Even though you mentioned that you don’t normally describe languages as harsh or soft, I think you handled that part of the assignment really well-it didn’t feel forced at all! It’s also cool to see a linguistics project that goes beyond the basics and really digs into the uniqueness of Maltese, especially since it’s such a fascinating blend of influences from Arabic, Italian, and English. Your passion for the topic really shines through, and it’s clear that you put a lot of effort into making the content both informative and interesting. Thanks for sharing this with us-it definitely gave me a deeper appreciation for Maltese, and I learned so much! Looking forward to more videos like this!

  • @chikeh1
    @chikeh1 15 годин тому

    The influence of Italian languages is beautiful on Maltese. First time I was hearing Italian-accented Arabic

  • @zlelez-music
    @zlelez-music 16 годин тому

    epic awesome video

  • @casualmajestic9223
    @casualmajestic9223 18 годин тому

    Your videos are so great! ❤

  • @bowieziehm6407
    @bowieziehm6407 18 годин тому

    Oh boy oh boy!

  • @zkingsalsa
    @zkingsalsa 19 годин тому

    maltese is one of my favorite languages!

  • @crazyspider17
    @crazyspider17 19 годин тому

    i really want to learn maltese one day. i love the Semitic languages and maltese looks really cool to me.

  • @asmodewa
    @asmodewa 20 годин тому

    such a beautiful language, it completely took me off guard how nice it sounded to me

  • @R0mm3n
    @R0mm3n 21 годину тому

    Great video! I hope you get a good grade for this assignment!

  • @wormfyation
    @wormfyation 21 годину тому

    FIRST!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @Nooticus
    @Nooticus 2 дні тому

    this is pretty insane... damn you're very talented

  • @cinnamoncharlotte
    @cinnamoncharlotte 4 дні тому

    this made me laugh a lot lol

  • @sl-c4594
    @sl-c4594 6 днів тому

    This is so good! I've been waiting for you to upload music, and this is sounds amazing!

  • @zacharygossom1069
    @zacharygossom1069 7 днів тому

    this slays and were you to release it on apple music it would def be in my ears por siempre y mas

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 6 днів тому

      AWW quizas quizassss les mantengo al tanto :)

  • @thumbgoblin4716
    @thumbgoblin4716 7 днів тому

    yet another sundro banger:)

  • @xavierreichel8254
    @xavierreichel8254 7 днів тому

    Incredible!

  • @kelvin31272
    @kelvin31272 7 днів тому

    This is really cool!

  • @robkabar303
    @robkabar303 7 днів тому

    this shi crazyyy bru

  • @KG-ek6qs
    @KG-ek6qs 7 днів тому

    UA-cam recommendations can be amazing sometimes

  • @KG-ek6qs
    @KG-ek6qs 7 днів тому

    Beautiful

  • @zkingsalsa
    @zkingsalsa 7 днів тому

    nice!

  • @blensaa_mowsaa
    @blensaa_mowsaa 8 днів тому

    There is a reason for all this whack, and it makes us question our conventions, but describing the phonemes of this language we could stick to plain i, e, o, and a for convenience

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 8 днів тому

      indeed! this is what modern analysis of marshallese does

  • @grande1900
    @grande1900 8 днів тому

    The weirdest part is the "Great Phonological Bracket Shift" of ⫽⫽→//→[]→🧍🧍

  • @judicandus
    @judicandus 11 днів тому

    4:27 "Atrapalhados" sounded exactly like how we say it, pretty cool. And now that I hear it, it sounds kind of russian haha. Edit: am I the only azorean here? :(

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 11 днів тому

      don't think so! i think i saw some other ppl say their family was from the azores

  • @module79l28
    @module79l28 13 днів тому

    1:15 - You can't colonise a place where no one lived. The Azores were populated by us. The same with Madeira, Cabo Verde and São Tomé e Píncipe, all inhabited islands when we arrived there.

  • @manu_idiomas
    @manu_idiomas 13 днів тому

    This was a very interesting video as a concept. It's a cool niche no one else is exploring, and that's soooo refreshing. Also, escuché mal o eres hispanoparlante? Also also, tem um bello sotaque de portugués, cara.

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 12 днів тому

      thank you so much! sí soy hispanohablante-mi mamá es cubana y me enseñó desde chiquito :)

  • @MrRhombus
    @MrRhombus 13 днів тому

    What does <c> stand for in that Germanic auxlang? Hope to be there next time

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 11 днів тому

      I'm pretty sure it's chiefly used in digraphs like <ch> and <ck> /x k/ respectively

  • @gabrielmaximianobielkael3115
    @gabrielmaximianobielkael3115 14 днів тому

    Finally a video talking about the interesting linguistic characteristics of this accent! It is really hard for me to find a source to know more about it

  • @imlemonth
    @imlemonth 14 днів тому

    we need to see Aman, the doc looks so cool

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 12 днів тому

      AWWW i do plan to talk about it one day :))

  • @R0mm3n
    @R0mm3n 14 днів тому

    Love the stream! 5:27 one small note, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anyone say 'Meteen kom ik', to be honest it sounds ungrammatical, I think we’d probably say 'Ik kom er meteen aan' or 'Ik kom nu'.

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 12 днів тому

      yeah that pair of words absolutely isn't common, i was just using it to show V2 word order (sociolinguistically it's not accepted but in grammatical theory it is, kinda like how no one would say "i come immediately" in English unless intentionally trying to sound old-fashioned)

  • @wrenisprobablyb0red
    @wrenisprobablyb0red 14 днів тому

    This is *wonderful.*

  • @Tulin258
    @Tulin258 14 днів тому

    the audio for the stream is only in the right ear 😭 wish i didnt miss the stream though :(

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 13 днів тому

      I KNOWWW i need to fix that :// it's something weird with my microphone

  • @MrRhombus
    @MrRhombus 14 днів тому

    27:09 Holy crap!? Splatoon!? Man I wish I was there!!! 😢 29:35 Omg how do u make that voice it’s cuuuuute x3 Finished this one

  • @wormfyation
    @wormfyation 14 днів тому

    What the fire

  • @TransportGeekery
    @TransportGeekery 15 днів тому

    I wonder if the wind is a factor in the vowel shift? I’ve heard that as an explanation of the coastal dialects in eastern USA

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 14 днів тому

      certainly innovative; i've never heard this before but its always worth looking into

  • @LuNa_097
    @LuNa_097 15 днів тому

    damn, i should've picked a better spawnpoint

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 15 днів тому

      NOO what time zone are u in (if comfortable answering)?

    • @LuNa_097
      @LuNa_097 15 днів тому

      @@Sundrobrocc UTC+5:30 😭

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    I WOULD BE GLUED TO THE SCREEN IF YOU START STREAMING

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    please use more fonts im foaming at the mouth

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 15 днів тому

      Cual? El de Fortnite /fohnajtʃi/??

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    mèsi cabri

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    [ɨ] and [ɑ] gotta be the sexiest voweler

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 15 днів тому

      Ja sie sind sehr sexy Vowelerns

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    vid se tardó なぜなら mesmo -> muhm

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 15 днів тому

      Yeah I had to wait for the sound change to happen my bad

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    CALAMR SE DIT LULA C SI JOLI AHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

  • @choqi29
    @choqi29 15 днів тому

    modern mouse DNA connects to vikings how???

    • @Sundrobrocc
      @Sundrobrocc 15 днів тому

      Sorry bro, ur not a mouse 🤷‍♀️