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    Maltese (Maltese: Malti, also L-Ilsien Malti or Il-Lingwa Maltija) is a Semitic language derived from late medieval Sicilian Arabic with Romance superstrata...
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  • Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks and digraphs. It is used to write the Maltese language...
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    status in Malta in 1934, its place being taken by Maltese. In 1935, there were protests against all these decisions, promoted by the Maltese nationalists:...
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    Italian (italiano, Italian: [itaˈljaːno] , or lingua italiana, Italian: [ˈliŋɡwa itaˈljaːna]) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family...
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    Hoberman (2007). "13: Maltese Morphology". In Alan S. Kaye (ed.). Morphologies of Asia and Africa. Eisenbrown. ISBN 978-1575061092. Maltese is the chief exception:...
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    baúkalion) (cognate of Maltese buqar) bùmmulu – "water receptacle" (from bómbylos; but also Latin bombyla) (cognate of Maltese bomblu) cartedda – "basket"...
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    Question (Maltese: Kwistjoni tal-Lingwa, Italian: Questione della lingua) was a linguistic and political controversy in the British colony of Malta which...
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    Serapias lingua, commonly known as tongue-orchid or the tongue Serapias, is a species of orchid native to the Mediterranean. Serapias lingua can be found...
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    Inshallah (category Articles containing Maltese-language text)
    Maltese: jekk Alla jrid ("if God wills it"). Maltese is descended from Siculo-Arabic, the Arabic dialect that developed in Sicily and later in Malta between...
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    Between the 1870s and 1930s, Malta had three official languages, Italian, Maltese and English, but in 1934, English and Maltese were declared the sole official...
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