According to Wikipedia, he's Maltese. Maltese is a Phoenician language.
Buttigieg was born in South Bend, Indiana, the only child of Jennifer Anne (née Montgomery) and Joseph Buttigieg.[12] His father, an immigrant from Hamrun, Malta, initially studied to be a Jesuit priest before immigrating to the United States and embarking on a secular career as a professor of literature at The University of Notre Dame in South Bend.[13][14] The surname Buttigieg is of Semitic origin; "tiġieġ" is Maltese for "poultry."[15] His mother was a professor at Notre Dame for 29 years.[16]