L-Alfabet Malti

Abstract

"Ante omnia ... curandum est, ut quis patrii sermonis notitiam habeat; ..... quod quidem ita apertum est, ut probatione non indigeat." Liebermann. (lnstit: Theol: Proleg: c. II. § 2.)

“To inquire whether children shall be first taught familiarly in the language of their fireside, is to ask whether their education shall be a reality or a form” Quarterly Review. (September 1850, p.371.)

“La propria lingua … è il fondamento primo degli studj, della eloquenza e della poesia.” Franc: Algarotti (Saggio sopra la necessitá di scrivere nella propria lingua.)

“ Metaphisicians are agreed that, scarcely any of our intellectual operations could be carried on, without the agency of words … Into every process of reasoning, language enters as an essencial element.” Roget. (Introduction to the “Thesaurus”)

KONT ilhi uisq-ja GhorrjefMaltin, u Inthom el-koll li tħobbhu 'l-Lsjen Malti,-bjex ngìb qoddjemkom dan 'l-Alfabet, li jen haun issa sejjer nurhikom, u li bih jen, (u xi oħrajn) ktibt, koll meta kellhi nikteb xi ħaga b'el-Malti; u bqaghit-bqaghit mah gibthux, min jum gha 'l-ihor, sa 'llum, ghaljex kont ridt kjeku illi flimkjen mighu nikteb u ngighel illi tidher ukoll xi ħaga fuq el-ghamila (natura) u 's-sbuhija ta'l-Lsjen Malti...[Excerpt]