Ersaq Fil-Qrib

Although of Maltese descent through my parents, I am not a native Maltese speaker. I was born and have always lived in London, so my family wisely encouraged me to speak English from an early age. Before I started lessons with Donna, I could hardly speak any Maltese, and I certainly couldn't read, write or sing it.

So this is a work in progress. My apologies to Maltese speakers for any bad pronunciation.

Obviously, this is strictly a no-frills production, filmed and recorded live in my kitchen on an iPhone. No post-processing was carried out on the audio, and certainly no pitch correction!

#malta #maltaculture #maltese

[martinschwarzer]

Thanks for introducing this nice song, greetings from Tas-Sliema

[alexcantelou]

Wow. Didn't expect to find this here. So I dove down the rabbit hole:

"Maltese, is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people." - Wikipedia

Fascinating stuff that! Thanks Pete, much appreciated!

[LSYT]

Great. Could you share the tab please?