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