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The reference to "Latin letter Y" is somewhat confusing, as there is no Y in classical Latin. I cannot think of a better way to put it though.
Did dotless c sound like modern k?
No. The 'c' in Maltese - regardless of whether with or without dot - was and always is pronounced as 'ch' is in English.
In pre-20th century writing, the dotless C had the same value as in Italian. That is, 'k' except before the vowels E and I when it was pronounced as 'ch'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.0.15.181 ( talk) 02:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
A guide to how each letter is generally pronounced would be rather useful. And some explanation as to why the diacritics are used (to provide a way of writing sounds not generally found in Romance / Germanic languages, for example). And how does this alphabet differ from other Latin-derived alphabets, such as Turkish?
This feels rather like a stub article, to me. Given that most Maltese people can handle English pretty well, I'm surprised this article isn't considerably longer and more detailed… — OwenBlacker 15:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Does Maltese alphabet have enough letters to (theoretically) romanise Modern Standard Arabic? See also: Talk:Romanization of Arabic-- Atitarev ( talk) 23:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- Only ambiguously, since many distinct sounds in Arabic merged in Maltese.
- For example, "għ" comes from both ع and غ; "s" from both س and ص; and so on. -- pne (talk) 11:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
May I kindly ask if anybody knows; Who invented the ħ letter first? The International Phonetic Association or people from Malta for the Maltese language. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 08:24, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe it came first in the Maltese alphabet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.43.54 ( talk) 00:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Maltese letter: o
- long, like aw in law: sod (IPA: ɔ) - sod means "solid" (it comes from Italian sodo: IPA: 'sɔdo)
- short, like o in got: bott (IPA: ɒ) - bott means "bottle" (it comes from French boîte or from Sicilian buatta)
Source: http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/maltesegrammar.htm
Other sources:
- Pronunciation of "law": http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/law (IPA: lɔ)
- Pronunciation of "got": http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/got (IPA: gɒt)
- Pronunciation of "got" ( especially in formal contexts, in Brittish English anyway) (IPA: gɔt)
Best regards
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarvaturi ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Is there a reason why the accented vowels Àà, Èè, Ìì, Òò, and Ùù are only mentioned at the end of the article and not included in the alphabet at the top? Mtanti ( talk) 20:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)
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The reference to "Latin letter Y" is somewhat confusing, as there is no Y in classical Latin. I cannot think of a better way to put it though.
Did dotless c sound like modern k?
No. The 'c' in Maltese - regardless of whether with or without dot - was and always is pronounced as 'ch' is in English.
In pre-20th century writing, the dotless C had the same value as in Italian. That is, 'k' except before the vowels E and I when it was pronounced as 'ch'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.0.15.181 ( talk) 02:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
A guide to how each letter is generally pronounced would be rather useful. And some explanation as to why the diacritics are used (to provide a way of writing sounds not generally found in Romance / Germanic languages, for example). And how does this alphabet differ from other Latin-derived alphabets, such as Turkish?
This feels rather like a stub article, to me. Given that most Maltese people can handle English pretty well, I'm surprised this article isn't considerably longer and more detailed… — OwenBlacker 15:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Does Maltese alphabet have enough letters to (theoretically) romanise Modern Standard Arabic? See also: Talk:Romanization of Arabic-- Atitarev ( talk) 23:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- Only ambiguously, since many distinct sounds in Arabic merged in Maltese.
- For example, "għ" comes from both ع and غ; "s" from both س and ص; and so on. -- pne (talk) 11:26, 1 June 2009 (UTC)
May I kindly ask if anybody knows; Who invented the ħ letter first? The International Phonetic Association or people from Malta for the Maltese language. -- Mahmudmasri ( talk) 08:24, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe it came first in the Maltese alphabet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.43.54 ( talk) 00:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Maltese letter: o
- long, like aw in law: sod (IPA: ɔ) - sod means "solid" (it comes from Italian sodo: IPA: 'sɔdo)
- short, like o in got: bott (IPA: ɒ) - bott means "bottle" (it comes from French boîte or from Sicilian buatta)
Source: http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/maltesegrammar.htm
Other sources:
- Pronunciation of "law": http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/law (IPA: lɔ)
- Pronunciation of "got": http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/got (IPA: gɒt)
- Pronunciation of "got" ( especially in formal contexts, in Brittish English anyway) (IPA: gɔt)
Best regards
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarvaturi ( talk • contribs) 11:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Is there a reason why the accented vowels Àà, Èè, Ìì, Òò, and Ùù are only mentioned at the end of the article and not included in the alphabet at the top? Mtanti ( talk) 20:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)