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Both Maltese and English are official languages in Malta, and about 88% of the Maltese people can speak English as a second language. [1] Various Maltese social groups switch back and forth between the two languages, or macaronically mix lexical aspects of Maltese and English while engaging in informal conversation or writing.
The Maltese language also comprises a considerable number of Maghrebi features, [49] but in other ways, it can be closer to other Arabic dialects, or closer to Classical Arabic than to the other dialects as in the word ra ('to see'). Arabic supplies between 32% [11] and 40% [12] of the language's vocabulary.
Maltese English is an intermediate variety between ESL and EFL, undergoing nativisation. [2] [3] Overall, English in Malta can be divided into "foreign" varieties (e. g. Australian English) and the local dialect, which will be referred to as "Maltese English", but they exist as a continuum, with Received Pronunciation and the low-prestige local variety as its extrema. [4]
Maltese-language surnames (57 P) This page was last edited on 16 June 2023, at 08:34 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
The Maltese language is written with a modified Latin Alphabet which includes the graphemes ż, ċ, ġ, ħ, and għ. Various localities have accents and dialects divergent from standard Maltese. There has been a decline in the number of dialectal speakers, mostly because of exposure to standard Maltese in the media and the institutionalisation ...
A Short Grammar of the Maltese Language used ch for /t͡ʃ/, in English fashion. However, the first appearance of the letter ċ for its current sound was in 1822 in the first ever Maltese written gospel by Martin Cannolo instituting the modern ċ . /d͡ʒ/ and /g/, now written with ġ and g respectively, were formerly confused
Maltese-language surnames (57 P) T. Translators from Maltese (3 C) W. Maltese words and phrases (1 C) Pages in category "Maltese language" The following 15 pages are ...
Maltese language (5 C, 15 P) W. Maltese writers by language (5 C) Pages in category "Languages of Malta" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.