A question of the alphabet

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dc.date.accessioned	2017-11-07T15:42:21Z
dc.date.available	2017-11-07T15:42:21Z
dc.date.issued	1984
dc.identifier.citation	Camilleri, J.J. (1984). A question of the alphabet. Hyphen, 4(2), 47-54	en_GB
dc.identifier.uri	https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/23526
dc.description.abstract	The lack of an accepted Maltese alphabet and a standard orthography created serious difficulties and hindered progress. So when in 1920 I-Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti was founded it took this matter in hand and gave it prime importance. On November 14 of that same year it appointed a Commission to study and devise the Maltese alphabet. This was one of the very first activities of the Għaqda. The Commission's proposed draft of the alphabet was discussed at a gerieral meeting held on 18 November 1921. It was approved and four days later the Secretary of the Għaqda, F.S. Caruana, enclosed a specimen of the alphabet to the Head of the Ministry, Joseph Howard and, requesting the co-operation of Government, he proposed that this alphabet be adopted in all Maltese publications.	en_GB
dc.language.iso	en	en_GB
dc.publisher	Upper Secondary School Valletta	en_GB
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess	en_GB
dc.subject	Ghaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti	en_GB
dc.subject	Maltese language -- Alphabet	en_GB
dc.subject	Education -- Malta -- History -- 20th century	en_GB
dc.subject	Maltese language -- History -- 19th century	en_GB
dc.subject	Maltese language -- History -- 20th century	en_GB
dc.subject	Malta -- History -- Language question, 1880-1934
dc.subject	Maltese language -- History -- Language question, 1880-1934
dc.title	A question of the alphabet	en_GB
dc.type	article	en_GB
dc.rights.holder	The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder.	en_GB
dc.description.reviewed	N/A	en_GB
dc.publication.title	Hyphen	en_GB
dc.contributor.creator	Camilleri, J.J.
Appears in Collections:	Hyphen, Volume 4, No. 2 (1984) Hyphen, Volume 4, No. 2 (1984)

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