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Maltese people

Maltese people

Maltin

Maria Adeodata Pisani Edward de Bono Enrico

MizziDun Mikiel Xerri

J uan Bautista Azopardo Nicolas IsouardLorenzo

GafMikiel Anton Vassalli

Total population

Maltese

1 Million

Regions with significant populations

Malta 400,000

(Maltese descent only)

Australia (2011) 163,990 [1]

United States (2010) 50,039 [2]

Canada (2006) 46,030 [3]

United

Kingdom

(Malta-born)

40,230

[4]

Languages

Maltese,Italianand English

Significant historical languages: Punic,Greek,Latin,

Sicilian,Siculo-Arabic,French

Religion

Christianity(Roman Catholic) predominantly

(95.34% of Malta's population[5]), other faiths

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Maltese (Maltese:Maltin) are an ethnic groupindigenous to the Southern Europeannation ofMalta, and identified with the Maltese

language. Malta is an island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. Included within the ethnic group defined by the Maltese people are theGozitans (Maltese:Gawdxin) who inhabit Malta's sister island, Gozo.

Contents [hide]

1 History

2 Culture

2.1 Language

2.2 Religion

3 Maltese emigration and expatriation

4 Genetics

5 Population links

5.1 Present views

5.2 Historical accounts

6 See also

7 External links

8 References

Main article: History of Malta

Malta has been inhabited from around 5200 BC, since the arrival of settlers from the island ofSicily.[6] A significant prehistoric Neolithicculture

marked by Megalithicstructures, which date back to c. 3600 BC, existed on the islands, as evidenced by the temples of Mnajdra, Ggantija and

others. The Phoenicians colonized Malta from about 1000 BC, bringing their Semitic language and culture. They used the islands as an outpost

from which they expanded sea explorations and trade in the Mediterranean until their successors, the Carthaginians, were ousted by the Romans

in 216 BC with the help of the Maltese inhabitants, under whom Malta became a municipium.[7]

After a period ofByzantine rule (4th to 9th century) and a probable sack by the Vandals,[8] the islands were invaded by the Fatimids in AD 870.

The fate of the population after the Arab invasion is unclear but it seems the islands may have been completely depopulated and then laterresettled by Muslims who brought with them the Siculo-Arabic language.[9][10]

The Muslim rulers were expelled from the islands by the Normans in 1091, and their leader Roger I of Sicily was welcomed by the native

Christians.[7] The islands were part of the Kingdom of Sicilyuntil 1530, and were briefly controlled by the Capetian House of Anjou. In 1530

Charles I of Spain gave the Maltese islands to the Order of Knights of the Hospital of St J ohn of Jerusalemin perpetual lease.

The French under Napoleon took hold of the Maltese islands in 1798, although with the aid of the British the Maltese were able to oust French

control two years later. The inhabitants subsequently asked Britain to assume sovereignty over the islands under the conditions laid out in a

Declaration of Rights,[11] stating that "his Majesty has no right to cede these Islands to any power...if he chooses to withdraw his protection, and

abandon his sovereignty, the right of electing another sovereign, or of the governing of these Islands, belongs to us, the inhabitants and aborigines alone, and without control." As part of the

Treaty of Paris (1814) Malta became a British colony, ultimately rejecting an attempted integration with the United Kingdomin 1956.

Malta became independent on September 21, 1964 ( Independence Day). Under its 1964 constitution Malta initially retained Queen Elizabeth II as Queen of Malta, with a Governor-General

exercising executiveauthority on her behalf. On December 13, 1974 ( Republic Day) it became a republic within the Commonwealth, with the President as head of state. On March 31, 1979

Malta saw the withdrawal of the last British troops and the Royal Navyfrom Malta. This day is known as Freedom Day and Malta declared itself as a neutral and non-aligned. Malta joined theEuropean Union on May 1, 2004 and joined the Eurozone on J anuary 1, 2008.

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Main article: Culture of Malta

The culture of Malta is a reflection of various cultures that have come into contact with the Maltese Islands throughout the centuries, including neighbouring Mediterraneancultures, and the

cultures of the nations that ruled Malta for long periods of time prior to its independencein 1964.

The earliest inhabitants of the Maltese Islands are believed to have crossed over from nearbySicily sometime before 5000 BCE. The culture of

modern Malta has been described as a "rich pattern of traditions, beliefs and practices," which is the result of "a long process of adaptation,

assimilation and cross fertilization of beliefs and usages drawn from various conflicting sources." It has been subjected to the same complex, historic

processes that gave rise to the linguistic and ethnic admixture that defines who the people of Malta and Gozo are today.[12]

Present-day Maltese culture is essentially Latin European with the recent British legacy also in evidence. In the early part of its history Malta was

also exposed to Semitic influences. The present-day legacy of this is linguistic rather than cultural. The Latin European element is the major source

of Maltese culture because of the virtually continuous cultural impact on Malta over the past eight centuries and the fact that Malta shares the

religious beliefs, traditions and ceremonies of its Sicilian and Southern European neighbors.

Main articles: Languages of Malta and Maltese language

Maltese people speak the Maltese language, a Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet in its standard form. The language is descended from

Siculo-Arabic, a dialect of Arabic spoken in Sicily.[13] In the course of Malta's history, the language has adopted large amounts of vocabulary from

Sicilian, Italian, English, and to a smaller degree, French. The official languages of Malta are English and Maltese.

Maltese became an official language of Malta in 1934, replacing Italian and joining English. There are an estimated 371,900 speakers in Malta of the

language, with statistics citing that 100% of the people are able to speak Maltese, 88% English, 66% Italian and 17% French, showing a greater

degree of linguistic capabilities than most other European countries. [14] In fact multilingualismis a common phenomenon in Malta, with English,

Maltese and Italian, used in everyday life. Whilst Maltese is the national language, it has been suggested that with the ascendancy of English

language shift may begin;[15] however, this has been discredited by contemporary studies.[16]

Main article: Religion in Malta

The Constitution of Malta provides for freedom of religionbut establishes Roman Catholicism as the state religion.

Malta is described in the Book of Acts(Acts 27:39-42 andActs 28:1-11 ) as the place where Paul the Apostle was Freedom House and the World Factbook report that 98% of the

Maltese are Roman Catholic, making the nation one of the most Catholic countries in the world. [17]

In the nineteenth century, most migration from Malta was to North Africaand the Middle East, although rates ofreturn migration to Malta were high.[18] Nonetheless, Maltese communities

formed in these regions. By 1900, for example, British consular estimates suggest that there were 15,326 Maltese in Tunisia, and in 1903 it was claimed that 15,000 people of Maltese origin

were living in Algeria.[19]

Malta experienced significant emigration as a result of the collapse of a construction boom in 1907 and after World War II, when the birth rate increased significantly, but in the twentiethcentury most emigrants went to destinations in the New World, particularly the United StatesandAustralia. After World War II, Malta's Emigration Department would assist emigrants with the

cost of their travel. Between 1948 and 1967, 30 per cent of the population emigrated.[18] Between 1946 and the late 1970s, over 140,000 people left Malta on the assisted passage scheme,

with 57.6 per cent migrating to Australia, 22 per cent to the UK, 13 per cent to Canada and 7 per cent to the United States.[20]

46,998 Maltese-born residents were recorded by the 2001 Australian Census, 30,178 by the 2001 UK Census, 9,525 by the 2001 Canadian Census and 9,080 by the 2000 United States

Census.[21]

Emigration dropped dramatically after the mid-1970s and has since ceased to be a social phenomenon of significance. However, since Malta joined the EUin 2004 expatriate communities

emerged in a number of European countries particularly in Belgium andLuxembourg.

Y-Dna haplogroups are found at the following frequencies in Malta : R1 (35.55% including 32.2% R1b),J (28.90% including 21.10% J 2), I (12.20%), E (11.10% including 8.9% E1b1b), F

(6.70%), K(4.40%), P (1.10%).[22] Haplogroup R1 , E1b1b, J 2 and I are typical in European populations. J 1, K, F haplogroups consist of lineages with differential distribution within Middle

East, North AfricaandEurope. The low percentages of J 1 are similar to the Sicilian population, suggesting common ancestry with Sicilians and negligible genetic input from both North Africaand the Middle East.

The temple complex ofMnajdra(4th mi-

3200 BCE)

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The first settlers of Malta were from the island ofSicily.[6] However, the result of the influences on the population after this have been fiercely debated among historians and geneticists. The

origins question is complicated by numerous factors, including Malta's turbulent history of invasions and conquests, with long periods of depopulation followed by periods of immigration to

Malta and intermarriage with the Maltese by foreigners from the Mediterranean,Western andSouthern European countries that ruled Malta.

The many demographic influences on the island include:

The Phoenician colonisation around 1000 BC.

The exile to Malta of the entire male population of the town ofCelano (Italy) in 1223

The stationing ofSwabianandSicilian Italiantroopson Malta in 1240

The removal of all remaining Arabs from Malta in 1224[23]

The arrival of several hundred Catalan (Spain) soldiers in 1283

Further waves of European repopulation throughout the 13th century[24]

The settlement in Malta ofnoble familiesfrom Sicily (Italy) and Aragon (Spain) between 1372 and 1450

The arrival of several thousand GreekRhodian sailors, soldiers and slaves with the Knights of St. J ohn

The introduction of several thousand Sicilian laborers in 1551 and again in 1566

The emigration of some 891 Italian exiles to Malta during the Risorgimentoin 1849

The posting of some 22,000 Britishservicemen in Malta from 1807 to 1979,[25]as well as other British and Irish that settled in Malta over the decades

The mass emigration occurring after World War II and well into the 1960s and 70s. Many Maltese left the island for the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and the USA. Following Malta's

accession to the EU in 2004 expatriate communities grew in European countries such as the one in Belgium.

Confirming the idea that the first settlers on Malta were Sicilian, studies on theY-chromosomes of men, conducted by a collaboration of Mediterranean universities and University College

London, have indicated that the Maltese population has Southern Italian origins, with little genetic input from the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa. [26] Another study carried out by

geneticists Spencer Wells and Pierre Zalloua of the American University of Beirut showed that more than 50% of Y -chromosomes from Maltese men could have Phoenician origins.[27]

However, it has been noted that this latter study was published as an interview in a popular magazine which is not a peer-reviewed academic journal and its conclusions disagree with thefindings of the previously mentioned major peer-reviewed studies. [28]

Over time, the various rulers of Malta published their own view of the ethnicity of the population. [29] The Knights of Malta promoted the idea of a continuous Roman Catholicpresence,[30]

and the British colonial rule disregarded a genetic and cultural connection between the Maltese and Italians in an attempt to counteract growing Fascist power in the area.[31]

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List of Maltese people

Demographics of Malta

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Leah Claire Walz: "Maltese ethnology" (Chapter 3)

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2. ^2010 American Community Survey 1 year estimates

3. ^Statistics Canada, 2006 Census: Ethnic Origin

4. ^http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/18/23/34792376.xls

5. ^"Malta" . State.gov. 2004-01-01. R etrieved 2012-08-17.

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"Gozo" . IslandofGozo.org. 7 October 2007. Archivedfromthe original on 22 August 2008.

7. ^ab Castillo, Dennis Angelo. The Maltese Cross: A Strategic

History of Malta. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-

15. ^ European Commission, "Malta: Country P rofile",

Euromosaic Study (September 2004). Available online, at

http://ec.europa.eu/ [2] Europeans and Language

16. ^

http://ec.europa.eu/public_opinion/archives/ebs/ebs_237.en.p

17. ^"Catholic Church in Malta" . Gcatholic.com. Retrieved2012-08-17.

18. ^ab J ones, Huw R. (1973). "Modern emigration from Malta".

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91-110. Last visited August 5, 2007.

26. ^C. Capelli, N. Redhead, N. Novelletto, L. Terrenato, P.

Malaspina, Z. Poulli, G. Lefranc, A. Megarbane, V. Delague,

V. Romano, F. Cali, V.F. Pascali, M. Fellous, A.E. Felice,

and D.B. Goldstein; "Population Structure in the

Mediterranean Basin: A Y Chromosome Perspective,"

Annals of Human Genetics, 69, 1-20, 2005. Last visited

August 8, 2007.

27. ^In the Wake of the Phoenicians: DNA study reveals a

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