Language/Maltese

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Facts about Maltese

• 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

• 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)

• Source: https://www.lexilogos.com/english/maltese_dictionary.htm

Free Maltese Lessons

• Grammar Lessons

• Vocabulary Lessons

• Pronunciation Lessons

• Culture Lessons

Language Exchange

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Forum

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Tools

• Have your text CORRECTED in Maltese

• VIDEOS to learn Maltese

Marketplace

• Buy or Sell SERVICES related to Maltese

Last Lessons

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