Maltese

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Maltese is a Semitic language with significant Romance and English influences, spoken primarily in Malta and written in the Latin alphabet.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Maltese canonical 12
Maltese language 9
Standard Maltese 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic language
natural language
official language
branch Arabic languages
developedFrom Maghrebi Arabic varieties
Siculo-Arabic
family Afroasiatic languages
hasApproximateSpeakers around 500000
hasDialects Rural Maltese varieties
Urban Maltese varieties
hasGrammarType fusional language
hasLoanwordStratum English vocabulary for technology and modern life
Romance vocabulary for culture and administration
hasMorphologicalFeature binyanim-like verb patterns
broken plurals
root-and-pattern morphology
hasPhonemicFeature emphatic consonants
gemination
pharyngeal consonants
hasSignificantInfluenceFrom English
Italian
Romance languages
Sicilian
hasStandardForm Standard Maltese
linked to: Maltese
hasWordOrder primarily SVO
isCoOfficialWith English in Malta
isNationalLanguageOf Malta
ISO639-1Code mt
ISO639-2Code mlt
ISO639-3Code mlt
isOnlySemiticLanguageWrittenIn Latin alphabet as primary script
isSpokenBy Maltese people
languageRegulator National Council for the Maltese Language
lexiconSource Arabic
English
French
Italian
Sicilian
officialStatusIn European Union
Malta
primaryCountry Malta
spokenIn Malta
Maltese diaspora communities
subbranch Central Semitic languages
subfamily Semitic languages
usedIn Maltese literature
Maltese media
education in Malta
usesAlphabet Maltese alphabet
writingDirection left-to-right
writingSystem Latin alphabet

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malta nationalLanguage Maltese
Nicholas hasLanguageOfUse Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Emma usedInLanguage Maltese
Valletta officialLanguage Maltese
Maltese hasStandardForm Standard Maltese
linked to: Maltese
Comino languageUsed Maltese
Birkirkara officialLanguage Maltese
Gozo officialLanguage Maltese
Siculo-Arabic primaryAncestorOf Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Siculo-Arabic hasDescendant Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Maltese alphabet usedFor Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Maltese alphabet representsPhonologyOf Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Maltese people nationalLanguageSpeakersOf Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
English in Malta coOfficialWith Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Urban Maltese varieties partOf Maltese language
linked to: Maltese
Urban Maltese varieties influencedBy Standard Maltese
linked to: Maltese
Urban Maltese varieties relatedTo Standard Maltese
linked to: Maltese
Żejtun officialLanguage Maltese
Xagħra officialLanguage Maltese
Nadur officialLanguage Maltese
Għasri hasLanguage Maltese
Arabic language continuum hasPart Maltese language
linked to: Maltese