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Maltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Lingwa Maltija) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata. It is spoken by the Maltese people and is the national language of Malta, [3] and the only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union.
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.
This is the pronunciation key for IPA transcriptions of Maltese on Wikipedia. It provides a set of symbols to represent the pronunciation of Maltese in Wikipedia articles, and example words that illustrate the sounds that correspond to them.
According to the Eurobarometer poll conducted in 2012, 98% of Maltese people can speak Maltese, 88% can speak English, 66% can speak Italian, and more than 17% speak French. [1] This shows a recent increase in fluency in languages, since in 1995, while 98% of the population spoke Maltese, only 76% spoke English, 36% Italian, and 10% French.
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One of the dialects of the Maltese language is the Cottonera dialect, known to locals as Kottoneran. [2] [3] Many inhabitants of the Three Cities speak the local dialect, and thus roughly amount to 10,000 speakers.
Ciao (/ tʃ aʊ / CHOW, Italian: ⓘ) is an informal salutation in the Italian language that is used for both "hello" and "goodbye".. Originally from the Venetian language, it has entered the vocabulary of English and of many other languages around the world.
the Maltese word for a mushroom is faqqiegħ, but most people still tend to call it a mushroom in Maltese. the proper Maltese word for television is televiżjoni (as derived from Italian), but most people still call it a television, for example Rajt film fuq it-television ilbieraħ ("I saw a film on television yesterday").