+Unicum Unique language? Meh, it's a descendant of Siculo-Arabic, more or less mutually intelligible with Maghrebi Arabic (especially Tunisian Arabic). Anyhow, he's absolutely right.
+מפיץ זעם no i's not "mutually intelligible" it's barely intelligible. Maltese is not a descendent of Arabic. it's a mix between Arabic and Italian with a little English and French. So calling it a descendant of Arabic is like saying German and English are the same language. both are of the same origin and are slightly intelligible
^^Maltese is a descendant of Siculo-Arabic, I speak Arabic and I can understand Maltese so there's that. Your comparison with German and English is inept, since the common ancestor of these two languages disintegrated some 2,000 years ago while the common ancestor of Maltese and Tunisian Arabic was still around 800 years ago.
@@kemi9403 That's rubbish. Maltese *IS* descended from *Arabic* (Sicilo Arabic to be precise) and is closest to Maghrib dialects having Derja influence like Tunisian and Algerian but, of course, it has suffered a lot of Italian pollution primarily due to political union with nearby Sicily and as a result having Italian as its official language there until the 1930s has done a lot of damage.
thanks! I'm half Scottish and half Maltese. sadly I'm not fluent in either Maltese or Scottish Gaelic, but I'm learning both. all the Celtic languages should be supported. all Scottish, Irish and Welsh people should learn our native languages!
xang pee mòran taing mo charaid. Irish and Scottish Gaelic are so similar, I understood nearly all of your sentence. Násúiní is the only word I'm lost on.
+Renewing The Mind To be honest Irish and Scottish ( and Manx too) are all practically dialects of Gaelic (or Irish) a language spoken in the middle ages accros Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. And Násúiní is Nations as Gaeilge
Indeed. Gaelic has a dialect continuum that spans across Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In many ways, the Gaelic of Argyll in Scotland and Donegal in Ireland are closer to each other than to other dialects in their own countries.
@@aligattor2639 are you tunisian? from what i know tunisians can understand maltese pretty well, especially compared to speakers of other arabic dialects
@@magnuscorbin5040 WHAT?? I had a degree in Linguistics last month in Bologna. You're not right, maltese in not a direct descendant of Phoenician. The maltese is derived from medieval Sicilian ARABIC.
From Australia born here though parents are Maltese, can't speak the Maltese language fortunately can understand enough to understand, Malta should certainly stand up for the MALTESE language in the EU, such a unique and historical language that should be reconised, certainly a small country with a BIG Heart and lovely people
Well Done Dr. Joseph Muscat, you really made us very proud to be Maltese!!!! Theere is no excuse what so ever. It was the responsibility of the commission to ensure that what was written on paper(re our official language) should have been adhered to and respected.No excuse what so ever!!!!!!Well done again Dr. Muscat.
Mr. Muscat I would like to really thank you for standing up for your language and would like to tell you that all Arab speaking people from the Gulf to the Ocean are with you brother! God bless
Thank you. As a Maltese myself that means a lot to *us* as *we* are *very* closely related, at least, in terms of language, culture etc. to the Maghrib peoples Tunisia and Algeria are *our* closest cousins so many Maltese people have a natural affinity with the Arab world despite strong Italian influence and pollution on *our* beloved language. Bless you all *our* Arab brothers! Say *YES/IWA* to pure Maltese ✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️ Say *NO/LE* to polluted Maltese! ☢️❌🇮🇹❌🏴❌🇪🇺❌☢️
@@sanchoodell6789 as a Tunisian we gad always affection to maltese people though some of you Think that being European means more civilized .Europe is a couple of centuries ( except Romans) have rooted civilization.Malta was a part of Carthage so a rooted culture.I visited Malta nice people and already in Tunisia there was alot if Maltese.
I admire Mr Muscat for standing up for his language. It's the right thing to do, otherwise people will continue to downplay the importance of it and eventually it'll seize. I'd have done that as well but just not as brave as this gentleman. English may be spoken everywhere but it should not displace local languages, like it's done to Irish. How I wish I get to learn this beautiful language someday. Maltese people, please don't lose your language no matter how insignificant it may be. I'm learning to speak Hebrew, a sister language, which was once dead but because someone believed in it and strived revived it, now now lives on and is flourishing. Not every language is so lucky so appreciate it when it's still possible.
Respect from Egypt to the Maltese prime minister. I could understand 20% of what he said, and my Algerian, Tunisian and Morrocon brothers could may be understand much more, yet his fellow Europeans could not! A very paradoxical and interesting situation. Support and respect for the Maltese language.
I have seen a lot of people comment that Maltese is basically Arabic, it's not! It is it's own language that Malta is proud of to speak and is the only Semitic language in the EU, if you say that Malta should just speak English instead of Maltese you've got a problem. It's part of their identity and they're proud of it. Just like how I have Irish as my native tongue, it's part of my identity and literally no one in the EU speaks it except us Irish people. It's a joke, and there should be translators of Maltese in the EU parliament. If anyone from Malta sees this comment, I love you and your beautiful country, you should be proud to speak such a beautiful language ❤
That's true! Unfortunately, a lot of young children are being raised in English and know little to no Maltese… But I don't think it's dying as a language, just that ¼ of people under 10y old see English as their first language.
Well it is nice to note that Joseph keeps Malta high on his mind, we hope he manages to achieve the objectives that may make our country and standards of living better within a couple of years.
Thank you Mr. President We have a report with some calculations to go ahead. The Report is about the european directive which concerns the problem of terrorism financing. The amount of money……. English Al ħassil ta’ lflous: that’s arabic dialect my friend 🤣🤣🤣
Grazzi kbir lill Prim Ministru tal-Maltin kollha taghmilna veru kburin bil-lingwa taghna li hafna nies gdur fl'ewropa ma jifhmuiex ahjar halli nkunu nistaw naghjjruhom u ma jifhmuniex.
I understand 100% of what you're saying, i am from Algeria , and your language should be considerd a maghrebi dialect because it's the same of our language ! We have more foreign words than you and yet you are considerd a separate language from arabic
wow! that was amazing, he is such a strong guy! i have understood what he was saying in maltese yet i have never learned it... Maltese is sobeautifull... By the way I am Algerian ;-)
+Fredrik Chang for example, some romance language speakers will understand, "Ġeografikament, l-Ewropa hi parti tas-superkontinent ta' l-Ewrasja." However, arabic speakers will understand, "Ir-raġel qiegħed fid-dar."
CAT MAN NINJA GOOD VS EVIL yeah...im a persian-arab and i understood quite a bit of maltese. when my maltese friend was discussing a book, he told his father something about a qtieb, which is very similar to the arabic "kitab". virtually speaking, maltese is like a mix between english, siculo-italian, and arabic...
+The Hash Smoking Stoner Yep that right ;) by the way i like Persia i would love to visit it one day, especially when i used to play PRINCE OF PERSIA, Cool country ) your avatar is awesome of manhunt i used to play it too :D
I am half Maltese and I support what he did ... however, I guess the problem is that thre are not enough trained Maltese interpreters at the EU. Yes, all Maltese PM's speak fluent English, but he has the right to deliver a speech in his native tongue. Malta University needs to get more Maltese linguists trained.... They have had a few years to do so!!
This is what I call promoting equal rights for all European Countries. Weather or not one wants to talk in an International Language, or in Maltese Language, he should have this option because the EU promised us that our language is an official EU Language. Joseph simply requested what is ours by right in a very polite manner, we´re lucky someone did this on our behalf! He stood up for our rights!
why should he speak in English? when all of the other countries had a translator..... well done Dr. Muscat this is truly a man who fights for our rights as a country, every Maltese citizen should be proud of what he did.
I understood this much: we have in front of us a report which we need to consider in order to advance forward, "%&#*" it is a report that speaks moderately about the"CONCETTA" in financeung terrorism and the total proceeds. We are speaking toward "*%£#& differenti" the total proceeds... I noticed every arab here in the comment section saying I understood this much and this much.. For me I wrote it to you guys to judge a Palestinian with english knowledge, how much I understood.
Very true .... I am half Mlatese and my written Maltese is poor, so excuse me. Indeed, there has been enough time for Maltese interpreters to be trained! The work is highly skilled but also highly paid ... I would have thought that there would plenty of skilled Maltese linguists out there eager to work as an EU interpreter!
Respect to that Maltese man salutes from a Tunisian that needs no translation to understand him.Thank you Good bye bravo European languages mostly are a couple of centuries old and they think they are the biggest civilization on Earth oh yeah .Babies in human history
No, most European languages have ancient roots. Languages are not invented they develop Most modern European languages of them in the Indo-European language family. Of living language families Indo-European has the second longest recorded history after Afro-Asiatic to which the Semitic languages belong among others. But in Indo-European we have more varied recorded history while many of the Afro-Asiatic branches have typically not been written till recently. Spanish aka Castilian was not invented it evolved from local Iberian dialects of late Latin. The language thus carries the Roman legacy and it was influenced by pre-Romannce language in the Iberian peninsula carrying the history of Iberia in it. It is also vile and xenophobic to bring down others in order to highten another. You can praise Muscat without bringing down and insulting others.
I’d like to ask you here about the situation in the video. "He was talking in his Maltese language but the translator wasn’t working because of mechanical problems, so he claimed that the chairman should do something" I understand correctly? I’m from Asia, poor at listening English to understand but I’m so interested in the situation of languages in Europe.
You are very close. There was no person working as the translator for the Doctor Muscat and when he realised this, Doctor Muscat was understandably furious especially because the full meaning of his speech was lost and he explained that Malta is cut off from the English speaking world because there are minimal translations available for Maltese arts, TV, music and other mediums. Additionally, there are a fewer number of resources that are available to teach the Maltese language as opposed to a language such as Spanish or even Irish. As well, some schools in Malta punish their students for speaking in Maltese and push communication in English.
I'm a Gibraltareño Americano y yo ten djjo komo mi lingwah no es real y Somos partas sangre de Maltés adémas. Proud to be Latin Arabic and african Somos Espanyoles Britón y me mucho Orgulloso Nos son no Polish no German ningun.....
He is absolutely right. Maltese is an official language in the EU. Even if there were really some unexpected technical problems they should have mentioned this before the beginning of the debate.
Being part Maltese, this gets me quite angry as it is an official language of the EU and a unique one being the only Semitic language in the bloc. I'm making an effect to learn it, the EU should try to do the same.
Hi, how are you? Im half Maltese and also trying to learn Maltese.. im curious, how are you learning Maltese? Do you have a learning book to recommend maybe?
@@carmen5788 best thing is to watch UA-cam videos and also to go to Malta. When you learn the language in the nation which speaks the language l, it helps.
Van Drare Maltese can now be openly spoken in the European Parliament and Council as there are translators and there have been for quite a long time now.
Dan meta sar? Mhux issa zgur ghax posted 7 ta Marzu (jumejn qabel l elezzjoni) u issa ricienti tela Brussell. Dan il video ta meta kien MEP? Xorta jibqa l fatt li ghandu kuragg igib il barrani daqs naqra.
Again I never said that he wasn't right for choosing to stand up for what he believed in. What I said was the way he went about dealing with the situation.
prosit onorevoli Joseph Muscat talli qbist al lingwa maltija , kul min qed jajru ta ek imur jejx lingiltera ha joqot ipeclaq blinglis em u jek lit tfal ikelimom blinglis biex jalimom mux izomom stupidi u injoranti phal certu nies li ilmentaw
What an absolute fucking joke. The EU is a joke. Jospeh Muscat should get a medal for his performance here, standing up for his language! Maltese is the *only* dialect of Arabic which has 'official' status in the EU and as such it is somewhat satisfying seeing an *Arab* leader standing up and fighting their corner. The Maltese are a proud *Arab* descended people AND will standup and defend their *Arab* language despite Italian pollution. Say *YES* to pure Maltese ✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️ Say *NO* to polluted Maltese ☢️ ❌🇮🇹❌🏴❌🇪🇺❌☢️
Well done joseph muscat. Europe should feel ashamed for laughing at our prestigious language. I certainly do not agree with those implying that he should have spoken in english. Long live maltese
imma posibli fadal nies anka qet jaqbez ghalina xorta qet johduwa kontrieh imma ahna maltin jew leeeeee.. manafx jiena tamel il gid u xorta taqlaha ara sewwa jejdu ta iktar ma taqla bis siq iktar thobb imma i'm very sorry min jahsiba hekk ..... viva il priministu joseph muscat u jiena sewwa nejt gejt taht stila tajjba viva il laburisti kolla
Nies qalb Malti Ingħaqad fil-Lega tal-Istati Għarab, inti huma eqreb lilna minn Ewropa أيها الشعب المالطي إنضموا إلى جامعة الدول العربية فأنتم أقرب إلينا من أوروبا
Closer to arab countries????? Are you serious????? They belong to Europe, they share the european and the modern world values, and not the arab world. God bless Europe and America.
louay1406 Omni Maltija. Certainly North Africa politics where WW2 concerned, but the Maltese are Christian, European, and that will be so till the mountains crumble into the oceans.
well done! Malta might be a small country, but it's a full member of the EU and has it's own unique language that has to be acknowledged.
+Unicum Unique language? Meh, it's a descendant of Siculo-Arabic, more or less mutually intelligible with Maghrebi Arabic (especially Tunisian Arabic). Anyhow, he's absolutely right.
+מפיץ זעם no i's not "mutually intelligible" it's barely intelligible. Maltese is not a descendent of Arabic. it's a mix between Arabic and Italian with a little English and French. So calling it a descendant of Arabic is like saying German and English are the same language. both are of the same origin and are slightly intelligible
^^Maltese is a descendant of Siculo-Arabic, I speak Arabic and I can understand Maltese so there's that.
Your comparison with German and English is inept, since the common ancestor of these two languages disintegrated some 2,000 years ago while the common ancestor of Maltese and Tunisian Arabic was still around 800 years ago.
@@kemi9403 That's rubbish. Maltese *IS* descended from *Arabic* (Sicilo Arabic to be precise) and is closest to Maghrib dialects having Derja influence like Tunisian and Algerian but, of course, it has suffered a lot of Italian pollution primarily due to political union with nearby Sicily and as a result having Italian as its official language there until the 1930s has done a lot of damage.
@@makakakakaa I think you find *MOST* of the 'hate' emanates from the *Packed Faced Left* & NOT Trump. Trump is a great president and leader!
Respect 🇲🇹
From Saudi Arabia🇸🇦♥️
fair play Malta, Ireland needs to do the exact same thing!
Fine language Maltese is
thanks! I'm half Scottish and half Maltese. sadly I'm not fluent in either Maltese or Scottish Gaelic, but I'm learning both. all the Celtic languages should be supported. all Scottish, Irish and Welsh people should learn our native languages!
+Renewing The Mind well said brother!
Fada Beo an Celteach násúiní agus Malta!
xang pee mòran taing mo charaid. Irish and Scottish Gaelic are so similar, I understood nearly all of your sentence. Násúiní is the only word I'm lost on.
+Renewing The Mind To be honest Irish and Scottish
( and Manx too) are all practically dialects of Gaelic (or Irish) a language spoken in the middle ages accros Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. And Násúiní is Nations as Gaeilge
Indeed. Gaelic has a dialect continuum that spans across Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In many ways, the Gaelic of Argyll in Scotland and Donegal in Ireland are closer to each other than to other dialects in their own countries.
Sounds like an Irish guy trying to speak arabic and Italian at the same time.
You are right ! The maltese language is arabic that adopted a good number of italian words...
@@aligattor2639 are you tunisian? from what i know tunisians can understand maltese pretty well, especially compared to speakers of other arabic dialects
@@qp4590 that's true but Maltese people understand Tunisian more than we understand Maltese
@@aligattor2639 No Maltese is a direct descendant of Phoenician and it sounds nothing like Arabic.
@@magnuscorbin5040 WHAT?? I had a degree in Linguistics last month in Bologna. You're not right, maltese in not a direct descendant of Phoenician. The maltese is derived from medieval Sicilian ARABIC.
From Australia born here though parents are Maltese, can't speak the Maltese language fortunately can understand enough to understand, Malta should certainly stand up for the MALTESE language in the EU, such a unique and historical language that should be reconised, certainly a small country with a BIG Heart and lovely people
My man was talking flous 🤣 lots of love from Morocco
Well Done Dr. Joseph Muscat, you really made us very proud to be Maltese!!!! Theere is no excuse what so ever. It was the responsibility of the commission to ensure that what was written on paper(re our official language) should have been adhered to and respected.No excuse what so ever!!!!!!Well done again Dr. Muscat.
Mr. Muscat I would like to really thank you for standing up for your language and would like to tell you that all Arab speaking people from the Gulf to the Ocean are with you brother! God bless
Thank you. As a Maltese myself that means a lot to *us* as *we* are *very* closely related, at least, in terms of language, culture etc. to the Maghrib peoples Tunisia and Algeria are *our* closest cousins so many Maltese people have a natural affinity with the Arab world despite strong Italian influence and pollution on *our* beloved language. Bless you all *our* Arab brothers! Say *YES/IWA* to pure Maltese ✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️ Say *NO/LE* to polluted Maltese! ☢️❌🇮🇹❌🏴❌🇪🇺❌☢️
@@DanielPaulGrechPereira You *DON'T* mean that surely! *ALL* Arabs including Maltese MUST stick together. ✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️☢️❌🇮🇹❌🏴❌🇪🇺❌☢️
@@sanchoodell6789 we dont care about haters like the other guy dont worry we support the maltese!
@@sanchoodell6789 as a Tunisian we gad always affection to maltese people though some of you Think that being European means more civilized .Europe is a couple of centuries ( except Romans) have rooted civilization.Malta was a part of Carthage so a rooted culture.I visited Malta nice people and already in Tunisia there was alot if Maltese.
Very good Mr.Muscat!!! Its his right to speak in his mother language.
I admire Mr Muscat for standing up for his language. It's the right thing to do, otherwise people will continue to downplay the importance of it and eventually it'll seize. I'd have done that as well but just not as brave as this gentleman. English may be spoken everywhere but it should not displace local languages, like it's done to Irish.
How I wish I get to learn this beautiful language someday. Maltese people, please don't lose your language no matter how insignificant it may be. I'm learning to speak Hebrew, a sister language, which was once dead but because someone believed in it and strived revived it, now now lives on and is flourishing. Not every language is so lucky so appreciate it when it's still possible.
So beautiful, we are witnessing to history my friends, Maltese is a very unique language it's a living history
Respect from Egypt to the Maltese prime minister. I could understand 20% of what he said, and my Algerian, Tunisian and Morrocon brothers could may be understand much more, yet his fellow Europeans could not! A very paradoxical and interesting situation. Support and respect for the Maltese language.
this kind of shared identity is very heartwarming ^^
im frim morocco and i understand 50% of what he was saying like " nemchew lkoudam" means we go forward
Love this guy..
Real balls.
Much respect
I have seen a lot of people comment that Maltese is basically Arabic, it's not! It is it's own language that Malta is proud of to speak and is the only Semitic language in the EU, if you say that Malta should just speak English instead of Maltese you've got a problem. It's part of their identity and they're proud of it. Just like how I have Irish as my native tongue, it's part of my identity and literally no one in the EU speaks it except us Irish people. It's a joke, and there should be translators of Maltese in the EU parliament. If anyone from Malta sees this comment, I love you and your beautiful country, you should be proud to speak such a beautiful language ❤
That's true! Unfortunately, a lot of young children are being raised in English and know little to no Maltese… But I don't think it's dying as a language, just that ¼ of people under 10y old see English as their first language.
I'm not Maltese and I also admire what he did. :)
MALTA you may know All Arab stand with you, you have so beautiful and unique language you should protect it from extinction. God Bless you
thankyou i am Maltese and i love our Arab Roots Alhamdulillah
+A cordina i am Maltese too what is Alhamdulillah means??
CAT MAN NINJA GOOD VS EVIL
Thanks to God
+CAT MAN NINJA GOOD VS EVIL go ask your mother and grandmother don't play with me off spring!!!!!! malta not that Big put your name
+LYB Rebel i would not off answer this you are better than me :)
Well it is nice to note that Joseph keeps Malta high on his mind, we hope he manages to achieve the objectives that may make our country and standards of living better within a couple of years.
As a moroccan I fully undertood you 😊
Tell us what he's saying then. 😂
Thank you Mr. President
We have a report with some calculations to go ahead. The Report is about the european directive which concerns the problem of terrorism financing. The amount of money……. English
Al ħassil ta’ lflous: that’s arabic dialect my friend 🤣🤣🤣
@@topgun9354 That's not what he said, so I'm right, you don't understand. 🤣🤣🤣
@@magnuscorbin5040 I think you are not understanding our point. But it is ok 🤣
@@topgun9354 It's so funny seeing you guys pretend to understand Maltese 🤣🤣🤣
Wow!!! what an insult to Mr. Muscat!! I would be very upset too. DON'T GIVE UP JOSEPH MUSCAT!!!! Thank you very much. Sahha.
Big love 💕I love your way defending your culture... I am from tunisia I understand him
love the spirit..........................
Grazzi kbir lill Prim Ministru tal-Maltin kollha taghmilna veru kburin bil-lingwa taghna li hafna nies gdur fl'ewropa ma jifhmuiex
ahjar halli nkunu nistaw naghjjruhom u ma jifhmuniex.
I understand 100% of what you're saying, i am from Algeria , and your language should be considerd a maghrebi dialect because it's the same of our language ! We have more foreign words than you and yet you are considerd a separate language from arabic
Mario Schembri you are italian
My greetings to you from Egypt.
Kef inta? Lila tayba. Marhaba.
I am tunisian and I understand what you wrote
wow! that was amazing, he is such a strong guy!
i have understood what he was saying in maltese yet i have never learned it... Maltese is sobeautifull...
By the way I am Algerian ;-)
You make me proud to be Maltese.
we arab people love Maltese people so much ❤️
wow! i can hear the italian and the arabic!
+The Hash Smoking Stoner exactly my impression. :D
+Fredrik Chang for example, some romance language speakers will understand, "Ġeografikament, l-Ewropa hi parti tas-superkontinent ta' l-Ewrasja." However, arabic speakers will understand, "Ir-raġel qiegħed fid-dar."
+The Hash Smoking Stoner I am Maltese and you are correct sir, i did understand what you wrote both :)
CAT MAN NINJA GOOD VS EVIL yeah...im a persian-arab and i understood quite a bit of maltese. when my maltese friend was discussing a book, he told his father something about a qtieb, which is very similar to the arabic "kitab". virtually speaking, maltese is like a mix between english, siculo-italian, and arabic...
+The Hash Smoking Stoner Yep that right ;) by the way i like Persia i would love to visit it one day, especially when i used to play PRINCE OF PERSIA, Cool country ) your avatar is awesome of manhunt i used to play it too :D
I am half Maltese and I support what he did ... however, I guess the problem is that thre are not enough trained Maltese interpreters at the EU. Yes, all Maltese PM's speak fluent English, but he has the right to deliver a speech in his native tongue. Malta University needs to get more Maltese linguists trained.... They have had a few years to do so!!
Well done, Sir. Your people are proud of you.
God Bless you too! Also, Happy New Year!!!! Sahha. How is the weather in Tunisia?
Cold, cold, here in America.
im maltese my self and proud!!
WE ARE MALTESE WE TAKE NO SHIT.
Well said 💯❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Well done Mr Muscat and be proud of your own language.
This is what I call promoting equal rights for all European Countries. Weather or not one wants to talk in an International Language, or in Maltese Language, he should have this option because the EU promised us that our language is an official EU Language. Joseph simply requested what is ours by right in a very polite manner, we´re lucky someone did this on our behalf! He stood up for our rights!
Good for you man.
love from michigan usa and bangladesh.you have right to speak maltise language in this world
why should he speak in English? when all of the other countries had a translator..... well done Dr. Muscat this is truly a man who fights for our rights as a country, every Maltese citizen should be proud of what he did.
Good for Mr Muscat. Where was he when this happened?
when was this
You are a hero
Ha fatto bene... così si fa!
I understood this much: we have in front of us a report which we need to consider in order to advance forward, "%&#*" it is a report that speaks moderately about the"CONCETTA" in financeung terrorism and the total proceeds. We are speaking toward "*%£#& differenti" the total proceeds... I noticed every arab here in the comment section saying I understood this much and this much.. For me I wrote it to you guys to judge a Palestinian with english knowledge, how much I understood.
Very true .... I am half Mlatese and my written Maltese is poor, so excuse me. Indeed, there has been enough time for Maltese interpreters to be trained! The work is highly skilled but also highly paid ... I would have thought that there would plenty of skilled Maltese linguists out there eager to work as an EU interpreter!
Respect to that Maltese man salutes from a Tunisian that needs no translation to understand him.Thank you Good bye bravo European languages mostly are a couple of centuries old and they think they are the biggest civilization on Earth oh yeah .Babies in human history
No, most European languages have ancient roots. Languages are not invented they develop
Most modern European languages of them in the Indo-European language family. Of living language families Indo-European has the second longest recorded history after Afro-Asiatic to which the Semitic languages belong among others. But in Indo-European we have more varied recorded history while many of the Afro-Asiatic branches have typically not been written till recently.
Spanish aka Castilian was not invented it evolved from local Iberian dialects of late Latin. The language thus carries the Roman legacy and it was influenced by pre-Romannce language in the Iberian peninsula carrying the history of Iberia in it.
It is also vile and xenophobic to bring down others in order to highten another. You can praise Muscat without bringing down and insulting others.
Mr. president thank you very Much
Well said
Big up (y)
Good job Muscat!!
Well Done!
I’d like to ask you here about the situation in the video.
"He was talking in his Maltese language but the translator wasn’t working because of mechanical problems, so he claimed that the chairman should do something"
I understand correctly?
I’m from Asia, poor at listening English to understand but I’m so interested in the situation of languages in Europe.
You are very close. There was no person working as the translator for the Doctor Muscat and when he realised this, Doctor Muscat was understandably furious especially because the full meaning of his speech was lost and he explained that Malta is cut off from the English speaking world because there are minimal translations available for Maltese arts, TV, music and other mediums. Additionally, there are a fewer number of resources that are available to teach the Maltese language as opposed to a language such as Spanish or even Irish. As well, some schools in Malta punish their students for speaking in Maltese and push communication in English.
good job...thats all i gota say!
so we should just bow our heads down and accept everything they throw at our way !!!!!
Maltin huma laqwa
That's what Malta need one like that viva labour
Proset u Proset Sur Muscat You made me proud to be Maltese.
Grazzi Joseph.
I'm a Gibraltareño Americano y yo ten djjo komo mi lingwah no es real y Somos partas sangre de Maltés adémas. Proud to be Latin Arabic and african
Somos Espanyoles Britón y me mucho Orgulloso
Nos son no Polish no German ningun.....
Hallina Christina Sammut! X;ghandu ghal qalbu l-Malti meta nstema' kemm il-darba fuq il-mezzi tax-xandr ikellem lil uliedu bl-Ingliz.
You are saying That every other language got a translator and malta doesnt lol ? and they say we have an official language? Well done doctor muscat!
Ironically he was about to speak about money laundering. Wahahaha
Auguri Sur Muscat. I would have done the same thing! ITS ABOUT TIME!
(Even though I believe English to be the most popular language)
Maltese Testicles! Good job Joseph! Joe taghna lkoll!!! :D
Fantastic response by Muscat in support of Maltese and condemnation of EU beurocracy.
yes joseph ahna warajk mija fil mija int il patrijot ta malta.
Yes
@camilleridgdm yes I can thank you for your concern. You're missing a question mark! How is my "grammar a bit shit"?
Is the man speaking at the beginning speaking Romanian?
Terry Baker Polish 🙂
He is absolutely right. Maltese is an official language in the EU. Even if there were really some unexpected technical problems they should have mentioned this before the beginning of the debate.
Cousin hi see you tommarow
he got his chance and he took it :D
If Iceland becomes an EU member, then Icelandic would become an official language, even though population of Iceland is only 300 000, less than Malta.
Being part Maltese, this gets me quite angry as it is an official language of the EU and a unique one being the only Semitic language in the bloc. I'm making an effect to learn it, the EU should try to do the same.
Hi, how are you? Im half Maltese and also trying to learn Maltese.. im curious, how are you learning Maltese? Do you have a learning book to recommend maybe?
@@carmen5788 best thing is to watch UA-cam videos and also to go to Malta. When you learn the language in the nation which speaks the language l, it helps.
Ghamel sew! Imma seta jkun naqa aktar prudenti!
he is right...anybody knows what happened afterwards?
Van Drare Maltese can now be openly spoken in the European Parliament and Council as there are translators and there have been for quite a long time now.
Dan meta sar? Mhux issa zgur ghax posted 7 ta Marzu (jumejn qabel l elezzjoni) u issa ricienti tela Brussell. Dan il video ta meta kien MEP?
Xorta jibqa l fatt li ghandu kuragg igib il barrani daqs naqra.
But props to the guy for standing for his opinion.
Meanwhile Catalan language doesn't have the right to speak in the plenary of the EU...
Again I never said that he wasn't right for choosing to stand up for what he believed in. What I said was the way he went about dealing with the situation.
tijomm guzzzzzzzz!!!!
@camilleridgdm actually a comma goes there not a hyphen
VIVA DR MUSCAT
prosit onorevoli Joseph Muscat talli qbist al lingwa maltija , kul min qed jajru ta ek imur jejx lingiltera ha joqot ipeclaq blinglis em u jek lit tfal ikelimom blinglis biex jalimom mux izomom stupidi u injoranti phal certu nies li ilmentaw
He sounds like he has a Swedish accent lol
when he speak english he has italian accent
It's Maltese accent 🙏
What an absolute fucking joke. The EU is a joke. Jospeh Muscat should get a medal for his performance here, standing up for his language! Maltese is the *only* dialect of Arabic which has 'official' status in the EU and as such it is somewhat satisfying seeing an *Arab* leader standing up and fighting their corner. The Maltese are a proud *Arab* descended people AND will standup and defend their *Arab* language despite Italian pollution. Say *YES* to pure Maltese ✔️🇲🇹➕🇹🇳➕🇩🇿➕🇱🇾✔️ Say *NO* to polluted Maltese ☢️ ❌🇮🇹❌🏴❌🇪🇺❌☢️
Joseph Muscat got a well-desetved medal for being the most corrupt person in the world in 2019 instead.
@@IWHWW7R8E Excellent! As a politician he can wear that as a badge on honour!
Well done joseph muscat. Europe should feel ashamed for laughing at our prestigious language. I certainly do not agree with those implying that he should have spoken in english. Long live maltese
They don't incorporate Arabic, because it's related to Arabic. I only understand the Italian loanwords
i’m scared of him now.
imma posibli fadal nies anka qet jaqbez ghalina xorta qet johduwa kontrieh imma ahna maltin jew leeeeee.. manafx jiena tamel il gid u xorta taqlaha ara sewwa jejdu ta iktar ma taqla bis siq iktar thobb imma i'm very sorry min jahsiba hekk ..... viva il priministu joseph muscat u jiena sewwa nejt gejt taht stila tajjba viva il laburisti kolla
😮😮😮
qas li ma jafux lingliz uwx!
totalment diferent. la fulus
you got the ball my brother but dont fforget that millions of north african do understand especialy when mention flouss flouss
hani mhani it exactly writen flus
That's a total different matter. Incorporating English into Maltese, is because of the technological improvement in the world.
Oh come on
jin nazzjonalist imma nammirraw lil joseph fuq dak li qal
Nies qalb Malti
Ingħaqad fil-Lega tal-Istati Għarab, inti huma eqreb lilna minn Ewropa
أيها الشعب المالطي
إنضموا إلى جامعة الدول العربية فأنتم أقرب إلينا من أوروبا
Closer to arab countries????? Are you serious?????
They belong to Europe, they share the european and the modern world values, and not the arab world.
God bless Europe and America.
louay1406 Omni Maltija.
Certainly North Africa politics where WW2 concerned, but the Maltese are Christian, European, and that will be so till the mountains crumble into the oceans.
Marito demo Claudia Cardinale. I KNOW...
you want them to belong to us so that we destroy them like we are destroyed in our own countries? Malta stay where you are
Anas OnAir ههههه، حشم شويه يا خويا، العرب خصهم يخويو المره الأرضيه ويهنيو العالم من صداعهم
Dawn tal-PN epic fail had ma jista jigiled ad dritijiet tijaw. U Zgur li qedin fejn qedin.