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oapen-20.500.12657-295462021-11-12T16:17:42Z The languages of Malta Paggio, Patrizia Gatt, Albert Linguistics Maltese language Syllable Vowel bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language. Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British colonial rule, and just as in other former British colonies, a characteristic Maltese variety of English has developed. To these languages must be added Maltese Sign Language, which is the language of the Maltese Deaf community. This was recently recognised as Malta’s third official language by an act of Parliament in 2016. 2018-09-04 23:55 2020-03-10 03:00:38 2020-04-01T12:31:48Z 2020-04-01T12:31:48Z 2018-03-13 book 1000390 OCN: 1051780722 2363-5568 9783961100705 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/29546 eng Studies in Diversity Linguistics application/pdf n/a 1000390.pdf Language Science Press 10.5281/zenodo.1181783 103529 10.5281/zenodo.1181783 0bad921f-3055-43b9-a9f1-ea5b2d949173 b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783961100705 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 103529 Language Science Press 2018 - 2020 Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The purpose of this volume is to present a snapshot of the state of the art of research on the languages of the Maltese islands, which include spoken Maltese, Maltese English and Maltese Sign Language.
Malta is a tiny, but densely populated country, with over 422,000 inhabitants spread over only 316 square kilometers. It is a bilingual country, with Maltese and English enjoying the status of official languages. Maltese is a descendant of Arabic, but due to the history of the island, it has borrowed extensively from Sicilian, Italian and English. Furthermore, local dialects still coexist alongside the official standard language. The status of English as a second language dates back to British colonial rule, and just as in other former British colonies, a characteristic Maltese variety of English has developed. To these languages must be added Maltese Sign Language, which is the language of the Maltese Deaf community. This was recently recognised as Malta’s third official language by an act of Parliament in 2016.
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