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Maltese (Standard)
Phylum: Semitic
Genus: Arabic
Lat/lon: 35.9, 14.5
ISO code: mlt
Consonants
Basic short series
| bilabial | labio-velar | labio-dental | dental | alveolar | postalveolar | palatal | velar | glottal |
| stop | p, b | | | t̪, d̪ | | | | k, g | ʔ |
| trill | | | | | r | | | | |
| fricative | | | f, v | | s, z | ʃ, ʒ | | | h |
| affricate | | | | | ts, dz | tʃ, dʒ | | | |
| nasal | m | | | | n | | | | |
| approximant | | w | | | | | j | | |
| lateral approximant | | | | | l | | | | |
Vowels
Basic short series
| front | central | back |
| near-close | ɪ | | ʊ |
| open-mid | ɛ | | ɔ |
| near-open | | ɐ | |
Long series
| front | central | back |
| close | iː | | uː |
| near-close | ɪː | | |
| open-mid | ɛː | | ɔː |
| near-open | | ɐː | |
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)