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Maltese  

Definition

  • Maltese is a Semitic language, historically a dialect of Arabic, spoken in Malta. About half of the vocabulary is derived from standard Italian and Sicilian; English words also make up an important part of the Maltese vocabulary.It is the only Semitic language written in the Latin script in its standard form.

Identifier

  • MLT

Notation

  • mlt
  • MT
  • mt

In other languages

  • малтийски

    Bulgarian

  • malteški

    Croatian

  • maltština

    Czech

  • maltesisk

    Danish

  • Maltees

    Dutch

  • malta keel

    Estonian

  • malta

    Finnish

  • maltais

    French

  • Maltesisch

    German

  • μαλτέζικα

    Greek

  • máltai

    Hungarian

  • maltneska

    Icelandic

  • Máltais

    Irish

  • maltese

    Italian

  • maltiešu valoda

    Latvian

  • maltiečių kalba

    Lithuanian

  • малтешки

    Macedonian

  • Malti

    Maltese

  • maltesisk

    Norwegian

  • maltański

    Polish

  • maltês

    Portuguese

  • malteză

    Romanian

  • мальтийский

    Russian

  • малтешки

    Serbian

  • malteški

    Serbo-Croatian

  • maltčina

    Slovak

  • malteščina

    Slovenian

  • maltés

    Spanish

  • maltesiska

    Swedish

  • maltaca

    Turkish

  • мальтійська мова

    Ukrainian

  • maltašćina

    Upper Sorbian

URI

http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MLT

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