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Malta has two official languages: Maltese and English. Maltese is the national language. Until 1934, Italian was also an official language in Malta, and in the 19th and 20th centuries there was a linguistic and political debate known as the Language Question about the roles of these three languages.
The only official Semitic and Afroasiatic language of the European Union and the only Semitic language to use the Latin alphabet, and the only Afroasiatic language with Somali to use a Latin script, 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 ...
The Maltese language (Maltese: Malti) is one of the two constitutional languages of Malta and is considered the national language. The second official language is English and hence laws are enacted both in Maltese and English.
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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. [2]
The country's official languages are Maltese and English; the former is the national language and the latter a legacy from Malta's period as a British colony. Malta gained independence in 1964 and is, as of 2017, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, as well as the European Union, which it joined in 2004.
Maltese English is an intermediate variety between ESL and EFL, undergoing nativisation. [2] [3] Overall, English in Malta can be divided into "foreign" varieties (e. g. Australian English) and the local dialect, which will be referred to as "Maltese English", but they exist as a continuum, with Received Pronunciation and the low-prestige local variety as its extrema. [4]
(en) S. Mamo, English-Maltese Dictionary, Malta, A. Aquilina, 1885 (en) A Short Grammar of the Maltese Language, Malta, 1845 (en) C. F. Schlienz, Views on the Improvement of the Maltese Language, Malta, 1838 (en) Francesco Vella, Maltese Grammar for the Use of the English, Glaucus Masi, Leghorn, 1831