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  2. Languages of Malta - Wikipedia

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    Today, 88% of Malta's population speak English (about 400,000 people). However, only about 10% speak English as a first language (about 48,000), as the majority speak Maltese as a first language. The variety of English commonly spoken in Malta is based on British English .

  3. Maltese language - Wikipedia

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    The only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union and the only Semitic language to use the Latin alphabet, it is spoken by the Maltese people and is the national language of Malta, [3] According to John L. Hayes, it descended from a North African dialect of Colloquial Arabic which was introduced to Malta when Arab and ...

  4. Malta (island) - Wikipedia

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    The main language spoken on Malta is the Maltese language, a Semitic language descended from the now defunct Siculo-Arabic dialect of southern Italy. [31] The language has substantial borrowing from Sicilian, Italian, a little French, and more recently and increasingly, English. [32]

  5. Gozitan dialects - Wikipedia

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    Gozo Island, Malta The Gozitan dialects are rural dialects of Maltese spoken in the island of Gozo . The vowel shift of * ā (phonologically a ) to o or u is their main differentiating trait.

  6. Maltese people - Wikipedia

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    The Maltese (Maltese: Maltin) people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language and share a common culture and Maltese history.Malta, an island country in the Mediterranean Sea, is an archipelago that also includes an island of the same name together with the islands of Gozo (Maltese: Għawdex) and Comino (Maltese: Kemmuna); people of Gozo, Gozitans (Maltese ...

  7. Maltenglish - Wikipedia

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    Both Maltese and English are official languages in Malta, and about 88% of the Maltese people can speak English as a second language. [1] Various Maltese social groups switch back and forth between the two languages, or macaronically mix lexical aspects of Maltese and English while engaging in informal conversation or writing.

  8. Demographics of Malta - Wikipedia

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    Both languages are compulsory subjects in Maltese primary and secondary schools. A large portion of the population is also fluent in Italian, which was, until 1936, the national language of Malta. The literacy rate has reached 93%, compared to 63% in 1946. Schooling is compulsory until age 16.

  9. Culture of Malta - Wikipedia

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    The British legacy in Malta is evident in the widespread use of the English language in Malta today. English was adopted as one of Malta's two official languages in 1936, and it has now firmly replaced Italian as the primary language of tertiary education, business, and commerce in Malta. Parish Church of Sta. Marija Assunta (Mosta Dome)