Maltese
INFLUENCES
· Half the vocabulary from Italian and Sicilian
· Wasn't recognized as official language `till
1938
· No written form untill 19th century
· Has been under different foreign rules
CHANGES
· Only changes is the increasing
usage of loan-words
· Less important
· Vanishing in my opinion
FEATURES
Consonants Bilabial Labio-dental
Dental Post-alveolar
Velar Pharyn-geal
Glottal
Nasal m n
voiceless p t k
Plosive
voiced b d
voiceless ts t
Affricate
voiced dz d
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