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Peter T. Daniels wrote:
> Yusuf B Gursey wrote:
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> > a had heard they could get the gist of arabic conversations. but a
> > maltese origin poster in sci.lang said his mother was unable to
> > understand arabic anouncements on a UAE airlines flight. nevertheless,
> > they don't consider themselves arabs, and in Malta arabic and Maltese
> > departments are seperate, Peter Daniels had said in this forum.
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> I have never said such a thing.
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> I said that Arabists generally call Maltese a separate language, for
> the various reasons I and you have listed. But I know nothing of any
> universities in Malta.
sorry. it might have been someone else. but I recall such a statement.
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