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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/66866| Title: | One country, two languages? |
| Other Titles: | Malta : a siege and a journey |
| Authors: | Sciriha, Lydia |
| Keywords: | Language and languages -- Malta -- History Language acquisition -- Malta Second language acquisition Semitic languages Sociolinguistics -- Research -- Methodology Sociolinguistics -- Malta -- Surveys Bilingualism |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | Victoria University |
| Citation: | Sciriha, L. (1997). One country, two languages? In R. Pascoe & J. Ronanyne (Eds.), Malta : a siege and a journey (pp. 69-90). Melbourn: Victoria University. |
| Abstract: | MALTESE belongs to the Semitic language family. Other languages such as English and German belong to the Germanic group, while Latin, French, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish are members of the Romance language family. As members of their families, languages display similarities with other languages in their own language group. Thus, as a member of the Semitic language family, Maltese displays greater similarities with languages in the same group, such as Arabic, rather than with Germanic and Romance languages. But unlike Arabic, Maltese is written in Roman script. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/66866 |
| Appears in Collections: | Scholarly Works - FacArtEng |
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