top | item 45734191 (no title) ebb_earl_co | 4 months ago What is the name of Maltese in Maltese? Like “el español” in Spanish, it’s neat to know what languages call themselves discuss order hn newest kwk1|4 months ago A term for that concept, by the way, is "endonym":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym ggsp|4 months ago Wikipedia says it's "Malti" arbuge|4 months ago Il-Malti to be precise. Il- means "the" and changes its meaning to that of the language. Malti alone would mean a Maltese person.Source: I'm also Maltese. load replies (1) kridsdale3|4 months ago 'ish' is a pretty universal english suffix. So Spanish is just "españ-ish".
kwk1|4 months ago A term for that concept, by the way, is "endonym":https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym
ggsp|4 months ago Wikipedia says it's "Malti" arbuge|4 months ago Il-Malti to be precise. Il- means "the" and changes its meaning to that of the language. Malti alone would mean a Maltese person.Source: I'm also Maltese. load replies (1)
arbuge|4 months ago Il-Malti to be precise. Il- means "the" and changes its meaning to that of the language. Malti alone would mean a Maltese person.Source: I'm also Maltese. load replies (1)
kwk1|4 months ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym
ggsp|4 months ago
arbuge|4 months ago
Source: I'm also Maltese.
kridsdale3|4 months ago