Maltese language — Maltese Malti Spoken in Malta … Wikipedia
Maltese language — noun the national language of the Republic of Malta; a Semitic language derived from Arabic but with many loan words from Italian, Spanish, and Norman French • Syn: ↑Maltese, ↑Malti • Hypernyms: ↑Semitic … Useful english dictionary
National Council for the Maltese Language — The National Council for the Maltese Language (Maltese: Il Kunsill Nazzjonali tal Ilsien Malti) was founded in April 2005 with the enactment of the Maltese Language Act (Att dwar l Ilsien Malti) (Chap. 470) in the Maltese Parliament. Its work is… … Wikipedia
List of Maltese language poets — This is a list of Maltese language poets: *Pietru Caxaru (? 1485) The first noted Maltese Poet *Ġan Franġisk Bonamico (1639 1680) *Gioacchino Navarro (1748 1813) *Patri Fidiel OFM. Cap., (c1762 1824) *Franġisku Saverju Baldacchino (1774 1860)… … Wikipedia
Maltese people — Maltin … Wikipedia
Maltese literature — By category Maltese List of writers Maltese authors Writers Novelists Playwrights Poets Essayists … Wikipedia
Language shift — Language shift, sometimes referred to as language transfer or language replacement or assimilation, is the progressive process whereby a speech community of a language shifts to speaking another language. The rate of assimilation is the… … Wikipedia
Maltese — may refer to: Something of, from, or related to Malta Maltese people, people from Malta or of Maltese descent Maltese language, the Semitic language spoken by Maltese people As a surname Francesco Maltese, Italian Baroque era painter Michael… … Wikipedia
Language convergence — is a type of contact induced change whereby languages with many bilingual speakers mutually borrow morphological and syntactic features, making their typology more similar.A presently occuring example of this is with the Maltese language, where… … Wikipedia
Maltese alphabet — 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. It contains 30 letters: Aa Bb Ċċ Dd Ee Ff Ġġ Gg Għgħ Hh Ħħ Ii Ieie Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn… … Wikipedia
