Alternate Names: Malti
Dialects: Gozo, Port Maltese, Rural Central Maltese, Rural East Maltese, Rural West Maltese, Standard Maltese, Zurrieq. Descended from Moroccan Spoken Arabic , with heavy borrowings from Italian ,; separately developed with different syntax and phonology.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 393,000 in Malta (ELDIA 2012). Population total all countries: 522,000.
Language Use: Vigorous. No diglossia with Standard Arabic [arb]. 345,000 also use English [eng]. 66,800 also use French [fra].
Language Development: Grammar. Bible: 1932–1984.
Spoken In: Malta
Writing System: Braille, Latin
Nation of Origin: Malta