Maltese language

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:language
gptkbp:alphabet 30 letters
gptkbp:derivedFrom gptkb:Siculo-Arabic
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Phoenician
gptkb:Siculo-Arabic
gptkbp:features only Semitic language written in Latin script
only official Semitic language of the European Union
gptkbp:hasDialects gptkb:Cottonera_dialect
gptkb:Gozo_dialect
gptkbp:hasDictionary gptkb:Miklem_Malti
gptkbp:hasGrammar gptkb:Grammatika_Maltija
gptkbp:hasLoanwordsFrom gptkb:French
gptkb:Italian
English
Sicilian
gptkbp:hasPhonology influences from Romance languages
vowels and consonants unique to Semitic languages
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Maltese language
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Italian
English
Sicilian
gptkbp:ISO_3166-2_code mt
gptkbp:ISO639-3 mlt
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Afro-Asiatic
gptkb:Semitic
gptkbp:languageStatus vulnerable (UNESCO)
gptkbp:nativeName gptkb:Malti
gptkbp:notableBook gptkb:poetry
drama
prose
gptkbp:numberOfSpeakers about 520,000
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Malta
gptkbp:recordedAt 15th century
gptkbp:regulates gptkb:National_Council_for_the_Maltese_Language
gptkbp:spokenIn gptkb:Malta
gptkb:Maltese_people
gptkbp:status official language of the European Union
gptkbp:subfamily gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Central_Semitic
gptkbp:supportsLanguage mt
gptkbp:usedAs language of instruction in schools
language of literature
language of media in Malta
gptkbp:usedIn gptkb:Maltese_courts
gptkb:Maltese_education
gptkb:Maltese_media
gptkb:Maltese_Parliament
gptkbp:writingSystem gptkb:Latin_script
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:national_symbols_of_Malta
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5