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Maltese (Standard)

Phylum: Semitic

Genus: Arabic

Lat/lon: 35.9, 14.5

ISO code: mlt

Consonants

Basic short series

bilabiallabio-velarlabio-dentaldentalalveolarpostalveolarpalatalvelarglottal
stopp, bt̪, d̪k, gʔ
trillr
fricativef, vs, zʃ, ʒh
affricatets, dztʃ, dʒ
nasalmn
approximantwj
lateral approximantl

Vowels

Basic short series

frontcentralback
near-closeɪʊ
open-midɛɔ
near-openɐ

Long series

frontcentralback
close
near-closeɪː
open-midɛːɔː
near-openɐː

Source: Borg, Alexander. 1997. Maltese phonology. Kaye, Alan S., and Peter T. Daniels (eds.) Phonologies of Asia and Africa (including the Caucasus). Vol. 1, 245–286. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns

Contributed by: André Nikulin (andre.n.guzman@gmail.com)