What Is The Hardest Maltese Word To Pronounce? The Salott Discusses
Okay; whether Maltese is your first language or not, you can’t deny that we have some pretty confusing words in our vocabulary. I mean, apart from the varying amount of silent letters and variations on the letter ‘h’, there are also some words that are just plain tough to pronounce.
Well, members of popular Facebook forum The Salott (RUBS) have provided us with some solid contenders for the hardest Maltese word to pronounce… both for tourists of course, but also to locals.
1. Any word with the letter ‘q’ in it
Dqiq, qerq, sqaq, qroqq…
So many glottal stops, not enough linguistic ability. And to take it up a notch, go for a word that also includes the letter ‘?’, like QAM?. Literally the most glottal word you could ever say.
2. Speaking of the letter ‘?’…
Mit?na is quite a tough one, along with ?taft and da?k.
I gave myself a sore throat just thinking about those words.
3. Also, ‘g?’ and ‘ie’ are single letters
And they don’t make any sound. But they make words longer.
4. These words are way too long to even begin to say
I’m getting a bit of a headache now, ?a taqbi?lijizzijahomlomli.
5. If you can’t say the word ?isk, you don’t belong in Malta
And here are a few other words that didn’t really fit in one specific category.
6. Where do you live?
Bir?ebe?ebi?ia?ia.