Maltese

Maltese is descended from Maghrebi Arabic and is a Semitic language. In fact, it is the only Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet in its standard form. Maltese is the national language of Malta, but is also spoken in Australia, Gibraltar, the United Kingdom and Canada.

Map of Maltese language speakers.

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Basic stats

Total speakers: about 500,000

Main Countries: Malta, also spoken in Australia, Gibraltar, Malta,the United Kingdom, Canada

ISO 639-3 Code: mlt

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Language Sample

Il-bnedmin kollha jitwieldu ħielsa u ugwali fid-dinjità u d-drittijiet. Huma mogħnija bir-raġuni u bil-kuxjenza u għandhom iġibu ruħhom ma' xulxin bi spirtu ta' aħwa.

(Declaration of Human Rights, Article 1)

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Some proverbs in Maltese:

Id-dinja hmerija: dak li tarah sabih fil-ghodu tarah ikreh filghaxija
The world is nonsense: what looks beautiful in the morning looks ugly in the evening

Min ma jgarrabx il-hazin ma jafx it-tajjeb
He who has had no experience of evil cannot know the worth of what is good

Fid-dinja hawn aktar imgienen minn nies f'sensihom
In the world there are more insane than sane

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Product Availability

The following products are currently available in Maltese:

For Consumers

(Coming soon)

For Manufacturers

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Sources

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