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Maltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Il-Lingwa Maltija) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union.
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A recording of the Maltese alphabet The current Maltese alphabet was introduced in 1924. Before then various spelling systems were used.
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1. għis silent but pharyngealizes and lengthens vowels 2. h at the end of a word is pronounced like ħ. Elsewhere it is not pronounced. 3. At the end of a word għ is pronounced as ħ 4. għh = ħħ 5. Final consonants are devoiced: b = [p], d = [t], ġ = [ʧ], g = [k], v = [f], ż = [s] 6. ibefore għ, h, ħ or q = [iː] 7. m followed by a consonant at the beginning of a word is pronounced im, e.g. mnejn = [imnejn] 8. A grave accent (à, è, etc) appears on some loanwords of Italian origin, such as libert...
Il-bnedmin kollha jitwieldu ħielsa u ugwali fid-dinjità u d-drittijiet. Huma mogħnija bir-raġuni u bil-kuxjenza u għandhom inġibu ruħhom ma' xulxin bi spirtu ta' aħwa. A recording of this text by Sami Kleit
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Information about the Maltese language and alphabet http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language http://www.maltauncovered.com/culture/maltese-language-languages-spoken/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_alphabet http://www.kunsilltalmalti.gov.mt/eng Online Maltese lessons http://www.digitaldialects.com/Maltese.htm http://polymath.org/maltese.p...
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Maltese is the language of Malta, and a language of the European Union. Maltese sounds similar to the Phoenician language that was spoken in areas around the ancient Mediterranean. It is written in the Latin alphabet like English. Maltese descends from a dialect of Arabic called Siculo-Arabic.
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Sep 7, 2023 · Also known as Malti, Maltese derives from an Arabic dialect that emerged over 1,000 years ago out of Maghrebi Arabic and the Siculo-Arabic spoken in Sicily. Yet centuries of conquest have left their mark, leaving the Maltese language enriched with elements of Sicilian, medieval Latin and English.
Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta, and in the 19th and 20th centuries there was a linguistic and political debate known as the Language Question about the roles of these three languages.
Maltese is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union. Maltese is a Latinized variety of spoken historical Arabic through its descent from Siculo-Arabic ...
The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks and digraphs. It is used to write the Maltese language, which evolved from the otherwise extinct Siculo-Arabic dialect, as a result of 800 years of independent development.
