Gozitan author, Dr Charles Daniel Saliba recently presented Level A1 of the Maltesisch für Ausländer series to the German Ambassador H.E. Walter Haßmann.

During the meeting with the ambassador and Mr Eden, the embassy cultural attaché, Saliba stated, “the Maltese language is a mixed language which reflects the history of the islands. It is a language that had once been an Arabic dialect which absorbed new words and concepts from its rulers as it mutated into Il-Malti – a language of its own, the only Semitic language written in Roman script and the only Semitic language serving as an official language in the European Union.”

He explained that, “the uniqueness of the Maltese language attracted the interest of a number of German-speaking nationals. For this reason, I have translated Level A1 of the Maltese for Foreigners series into a Maltese-German version entitled Maltesisch für Ausländer.”

The three books found at this level (Anfänger-Grundstufe) are Meine ersten 750 Wörter auf Maltesisch, Grundlagen der maltesischen Grammatik im Kontext 1 and Maltesisch sprechen 1.

Saliba received a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Sheffield in 2015, specialising in teaching Maltese as a foreign language. His study was sponsored by the Malta Government Scholarship Scheme Grant.

For more information about each book, please visit www.charlesdanielsaliba.com.

Photo: (Left to right) Dr Saliba, H.E. Walter Haßmann and Mr Eden.

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