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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Fid, post: 4306998, member: 7724&quot;]I do not believe that the English interest in Malti was the starting point, but it&#039;s a simple translation for Maltese hospital employees.</p><p>the Maltese language is a mixture of Arab from the Maghreb and Arab spoken in Sicily before the Normans drove most Arabs out of Sicily. lateron it was highly influenced by Sicilian, standard Italian, some Spanish due the Aragonese reign in Sicily. </p><p>French was practically only used with the Hospitallers; the Grand Master de la Vallette also gave the name to La Valletta.</p><p>there was little use for such a book because the Hospitaliters were French-speakers for the most part in the higher ranks and the French were also the most important group by building the Maltese defence works and the big and high rooms for the sick that can still be visited.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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