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| Extinct: no |
| Family: Afro-Asiatic |
| Branch: Semitic |
| Continent: Europe |
| Country: Malta |
| Region: MALTESE: Also spoken in Australia, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA. MALTESE, SIGN: None |
| Countries Where Spoken: MALTESE: 300,000 in Malta (1975 Katzner). Population total all countries: 371,900. Australia, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA. |
| Countries Where Official: Malta |
| Native Speakers: 300,000 |
| Speakers Total: 371,900 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a native level: 65 |
| Phrasebase members who speak this language at a conversational level: 65 |
| Phrasebase members primary language they are trying to learn: 137 |
| Phrasebase members secondary language they are trying to learn: 451 |
| Three Letter Code: MLT |
| Alternative Names: MALTI |
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| Summary: MALTESE: It is descended from Maghrebi Arabic but has borrowed heavily from Italian; it is a separately developed form with different syntax and phonology. No diglossia with Standard Arabic. Not endangered. National language. Grammar. Roman script. Bible 1932-1984. |
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