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Maltese (Malti) is the national language of Malta and a co-official language of the country alongside English while also serving as an official language of the European Union the only Semitic language so distinguished. Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic (the Arabic dialect that developed in Sicily and later in Malta between the end of the ninth century and the end of the twelfth century).

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