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Re:Winner of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French (2015) by cannabis_sam on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:49PM (#24400676)
> Arabic-origin words make up a minority of Maltese vocabulary.

What would the rest of the vocabulary be based on?

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Re:Winner of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French (2015) by taejo on Tuesday September 08, 2020 @04:12AM (#24406254)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language#Vocabulary : "The historical source of modern Maltese vocabulary is 52% Italian/Sicilian, 32% Siculo-Arabic, and 6% English, with some of the remainder being French"

AFAIK the most common words are more likely to be of Arabic origin, though.

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Re:Winner of French Scrabble Title Does Not Speak French (2015) by cannabis_sam on Saturday September 19, 2020 @01:01PM (#24528826)
Sorry for the late answer, but thanks!
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