Editing Maltese language (section)

===Berber===
Like the [[Maghrebi Arabic|Maghrebi Arabic dialects]], Maltese has a significant vocabulary derived from [[Berber languages]]. Whether these words entered Maltese by being inherited from [[Siculo-Arabic]] or were directly loaned from Berber languages is not yet known. These include:<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hull |first=Geoffrey |date=2019 |title=Exploring the Berber element in Maltese |url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52367 |language=en |access-date=2023-08-26 |archive-date=2023-08-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826093027/https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/52367 |url-status=live }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Maltese
! Berber languages
! English
|-
| ''gremxula''
| ''azrem ašal'', lit. 'land worm', ([[Kabyle language|Kabyle]])
| lizard
|-
|''fekruna''
|''tifakrunin'' ([[Jerba Berber|Jerbi]]), ''ifekran'' ([[Shilha language|Tashelhiyt]]), ''ifkran'' (Kabyle)
|turtle
|-
| ''geddum''
| ''aqadum'', lit. 'face, frown' (Kabyle)
| chin
|-
| ''gendus''
| ''gandūz'', lit. 'young calf' (Jerbi)
| ox, bull
|-
|''gerżuma''
|''ageržum'' ([[Mozabite language|Mozabite]], Tashelhiyt)
|throat
|-
|''tfief''
|''tilfaf'' ([[Ouargli language|Ouargli]]), ''tifāf, tilfāf, tiffāf'' ([[Tarifit]])
|sow thistle (''[[Sonchus oleraceus]]'')
|-
|''tengħud''
|''talaɣūda'' ([[Tunisian Arabic]]), ''telɣūda'' ([[Algerian Arabic]])
|spurge (''[[Euphorbia]]'')
|-
|''kosksu''
|''kuskesu, kuskus'' (Kabyle)
|couscous, small round pasta
|-
|''fartas''
|''aferḍas'' (Ouargli, Kabyle)
|bald
|-
|''għaffeġ''
|‘''affež'' (Algerian Arabic), ''effeẓ'' (Ouargli, Mozabite)
|to crush, to squash
|-
|''żrinġ''
|''tažrant'' (Jerbi)
|frog
|-
|''żrar''
|''zrar'' (Mozabite, Ouargli), ''azrar'' (Kabyle, [[Nafusi language|Nafusi]])
|gravel
|-
|''werżieq''
|''wárẓag'' ([[Mrazig]])
|cicada, lit. screamer, shrieker
|-
|''buqexrem''
|''buqišrem'' (Kabyle)
|vervain ([[Verbena officinalis]])
|-
|''fidloqqom''
|''fudalɣem'' (Kabyle)
|borage ([[Borage|Borago officinalis]])
|-
|''żorr''
|''uzur'' (Kabyle), ''uzzur'' (Tarifit)
|rude, arrogant
|-
|''lellex''
|''lelleš'' (Mozabite)
|to shine, to glitter
|-
|''pespes''
|''bbesbes'' (Ouargli)
|to whisper
|-
|''teptep''
|''ṭṭebṭeb'' (Ouargli)
|to blink, to twinkle
|-
|''webbel''
|''webben'' (Mozabite)
|to induce, to tempt
|}