Maltese
Semitic language spoken mostly in Malta
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Summary
Maltese is a natural language[1]. Maltese ranks in the top 4% of natural language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,385 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Malta[3], Canada[4], United States[5], Australia[6], United Kingdom[7]
- Instance of: modern language[8]
- Named after: Malta[9]
- Subclass of: Sicilian Arabic[10], Southern European language[11]
- Writing system: Maltese alphabet[12], Maltese Braille[13]
- Commons category: Maltese language[14]
- Wikimedia language code: mt[15]
- Has part(s): Żejtun dialect[16], Qormi dialect[17], Maltralian[18]
- Topic's main category: Category:Maltese language[19]
- Language regulatory body: National Council for the Maltese Language[20]
- Number of speakers, writers, or signers: 570,000[21], 482,880[22], 403,000[23]
- Described by source: Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[24]
- Replaces: Siculo-Arabic[25]
- Native label: Malti[26]
- Short name: малтийски[27]
- UNESCO language status: 1 safe[28]
- Indigenous to: Maltese people[29], Malta[30]
- Studied by: Maltese studies[31]
- Exact match: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/MLT[32]
- Has tense: present tense[33], past tense[34]
- Ethnologue language status: 1 National[35]
- Linguistic typology: subject–verb–object[36], subject–object–verb[37], fusional language[38], noun-adjective[39], synthetic language[40]
- Has grammatical gender: masculine[41], feminine[42]
Why It Matters
Maltese has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] Maltese is known by 51 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]
Maltese has been cited as an influence by Llanito[45], a dialect[46], in Gibraltar[47].
FAQs
Who did Maltese influence?
Maltese has been cited as an influence by Llanito[45].