Maltese alphabet

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Edition of the Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija (1924), the first writing rules for Maltese, including the official alphabet
Ghaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti (Maltese Writers ' Union ) in 1924, from left to right: 1st row: Guzè Darmanin Demajo, Dun Karm Psaila , Guzè Muscat Azzopardi, Ganni Vassallo, Ninu Crémona; 2nd row: Guzè Micallef, Rogantin Gachia, AM Borg, Frangisk Saver Caruana, Guzè Micaleff Goggi.

The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of a few letters with diacritical marks .

It is used to write the Maltese language . It is based on the Italian spelling. Maltese - the language of Malta - is the only Semitic language that uses Latin letters . Maltese is one of the official languages ​​of the European Union .

The Maltese alphabet contains the following 30 letters:

AB Ċ DEF Ġ G Għ H Ħ I Ie JKLMNOPQRSTUVWX Ż Z

ab ċ def ġ g għ h ħ i ie jklmnopqrstuvwx ż z

This means that in addition to 24 Latin letters , there are four letters with diacritics Ċ / ċ, Ġ / ġ, Ħ / ħ and Ż / ż as well as the two digraphs Għ / għ and Ie / ie , which are also regarded as separate letters , whereby the Latin letter Y is missing.

Mandatory writing rules for Maltese were first published in 1924 ( Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija ). On January 1, 1934, the Maltese language became an official language on an equal footing with English.

See also

literature

  • Kontaktlinguistik / Contact Linguistics / Linguistique de contact . 2nd half volume, edited by Hans Goebl. 1997 ( online extract )
  • Borg, Albert / Azzlpardi-Alexander, Marie: Maltese . London / New York: Routledge 1997
  • Buttigieg-Jaklin, Marianne: Malta: Gozo, Comino and Cominotto. Munich: Artemis 1991

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