Maltese

E51443

Semitic language natural language official language

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

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Maltese canonical	12
Maltese language	9
Standard Maltese	3

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	Maltese self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Standard 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

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

Malta → nationalLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Union for the Mediterranean → hasOfficialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Nicholas → hasLanguageOfUse → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Emma → usedInLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Valletta → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Maltese → hasStandardForm → Maltese self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Maltese

Comino → languageUsed → Maltese ⓘ

Birkirkara → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Gozo → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Siculo-Arabic → primaryAncestorOf → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Siculo-Arabic → hasDescendant → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Maltese alphabet → usedFor → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Maltese alphabet → representsPhonologyOf → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Maltese people → nationalLanguageSpeakersOf → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

English in Malta → coOfficialWith → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Urban Maltese varieties → partOf → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language

Urban Maltese varieties → influencedBy → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Maltese

Urban Maltese varieties → relatedTo → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Standard Maltese

NIC Malta → languageOfOperation → Maltese ⓘ

Żejtun → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Xagħra → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Nadur → officialLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Għasri → hasLanguage → Maltese ⓘ

Arabic language continuum → hasPart → Maltese ⓘ

this entity surface form: Maltese language