mltTechnical information about ISO 639 language code mlt
The table below provides technical details for the Maltese language, designated by the mlt code from the ISO 639-2 standard.
| Code |
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| Standard | |
| Name | Official Maltese Native Malti |
| Text direction | Left-to-Right |
| Language varieties | Maltese (Island of Malta)Gozitan Maltese |
| Related languages | Tunisian ArabicLibyan ArabicAlgerian Arabic |
| Key facts | Only Semitic language written in Latin scriptAbout a third of its vocabulary comes from Sicilian and ItalianUses unique digraph għ that once marked a pharyngeal consonant but is now mostly silentEarliest known Maltese text is the 15th-century poem Il-CantilenaMaltese verbs retain Semitic morphology while many nouns are Romance loans |
| Sample phrase | Ħello, kif inti? |
| Character encodings | |
| Supported in Localizely |
The Maltese language, identified by the code mlt, falls under the 'Individual' category in terms of its scope and is classified as 'Living' by its type.
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