Language/Maltese
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Facts about Maltese[edit | edit source]
- Language code (ISO 639-3):
mlt
- Autonyms (how to write "Maltese" in Maltese):
Malti
- Other names for "Maltese":
Malti
- The Maltese language is spoken in:
Malta
Maltese is a Semitic language spoken by the Maltese people. It is the national language of Malta and the only Semitic official language of the European Union. Maltese is a Latinised variety of spoken historical Arabic through its descent from Siculo-Arabic, which developed as a Maghrebi Arabic dialect in the Emirate of Sicily between 831 and 1091. As a result of the Norman invasion of Malta and the subsequent re-Christianisation of the island, Maltese evolved independently of Classical Arabic in a gradual process of Latinisation. It is therefore exceptional as a variety of historical Arabic that has no diglossic relationship with Classical or Modern Standard Arabic.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language
Maltese Dictionaries[edit | edit source]
• Ġabra: collection of Maltese lexical resources
• financial dictionary Maltese-English-Italian
• Iate: multilingual terminological dictionary (European Union)
• Maltese dictionary and phrasebook (extracts) by Grazio Falzon (2005)
• common phrases English-Maltese, by Grazio Falzon
• Diziunariu mill Malti ghall Inglis: Maltese-English dictionary by Vincenzo Busuttil (1900)
• Diziunariu mill Inglis ghall Malti: English-Maltese dictionary by Vincenzo Busuttil (1900) A-H & I-Z
• Ktŷb yl klŷm môlti, ʾmfysser byl-latîn u byt-taljân, Lexicon melitense-latino-italum: Maltese-Latin-Italian dictionary by Michelantonio Vassalli (1796)
• Motti, aforismi e proverbii maltesi: Maltese proverbs translated into Italian and commented by Michelantonio Vassalli (1828)
• Vestiges of Arabic nomenclature in Maltese surnames by Mario Cassar
• Some phonological changes in Maltese reflected in onomastics by Andrei Avram (2012)
Free Maltese Lessons[edit | edit source]
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Last Lessons[edit | edit source]
How to say Good Bye? — Health — Give your Opinion — Express Surprise — Geography — Fruits — Feelings and Emotions — Education — Drinks — Clothes — Negation — Plurals — Questions — Food — Count to 10 — Animals — Malta Timeline — How to Say Hello and Greetings — Time ħin — Languages Lingwi — Countries Pajjiżi — Essential Phrases in Maltese — Seasons — Definite Articles in Maltese — Indefinite Articles in Maltese — How to Use Be — How to Use Have — Verbs in Maltese — Weather — Parts of the Body