Maltese alphabet
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The Maltese alphabet is based on the Latin alphabet with the addition of some letters with diacritic marks. It is used to write the Maltese language.
It contains 30 letters:
A | B | Ċ | D | E | F | Ġ | G | Għ | H | Ħ | I | Ie | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Ż | Z |
a | b | ċ | d | e | f | ġ | g | għ | h | ħ | i | ie | j | k | l | m | n | o | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | ż | z |
Letter (ittra) | words (kliem) |
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A a | abbaku (abacus), aċċola (amberjack), aħjar (better), Amerka (America), azzjonist (shareholder) |
B b | babaw (ghost), bajrow (biro), bellusi (velvety), burò (bureau), bżulija (diligence) |
Ċ ċ | ċabattin (cobbler), ċarizza (clearness), ċitazzjoni (summons), ċoff (bow), ċurkett (ring) |
D d | dan (this), damma (dice), dawl (light), Dumnikan (Domenican), dwett (duet) |
E e | ebbanist (ebonist), ekkleżjastikament (ecclesiastically), erbgħa (four), Ewropew (European), eżumazzjonijiet (exhumations) |
F f | fabbli (affable), fallakka (plank), fehma (opinion), Franċiż (French), fwieħa (perfume) |
Ġ ġ | ġabra (collection), ġenerazzjoni (generation), ġewnaħ (wing), Ġunju (June), ġwież (pulse) |
G g | gabarrè (tray), gejxa (geisha), grad (degree), Grieg (Greek), gżira (island) |
Għ għ | għada (tomorrow), għajn (eye), għamara (furniture), Għid il-Kbir (Easter Sunday), għuda (wood) |
H h | haġra (hegira), hena (comfort), hi (she), hu (he), huma (they) |
Ħ ħ | ħabaq (basil), ħabsi (prisoner), ħajja (life), ħu (brother), ħżunija (badness) |
I i | iben (son), idroġenu (hydrogen), induratur (gilder), Ingilterra (England), iżraq (azure) |
Ie ie | iebes (hard), ieħor (another), ieqaf (stop) |
J j | jaf (knows), jarda (yard), jew (or), jott (yacht), jum (day) |
K k | kabina (cabin), kaligrafija (calligraphy), karru (wagon), kurżità (curiosity), Kżar (Czar) |
L l | labirint (maze), lejl (night), lejla (evening), Lhudi (Hebrew), lvant (east) |
M m | ma (mother), maternità (maternity), Mediterran (Mediterranean), mina (tunnel), mżegleg (dislocated) |
N n | nadif (clean), nerv (nerve), niċċa (niche), nuċċali (spectacles), nżul ix-xemx (sunset) |
O o | oċean (ocean), opra (opera), orizzont (horizon), ors (bear), ożonu (ozone) |
P p | paċi (peace), paragrafu (paragraph), pazjent (patient), poeta (poet), pultruna (armchair) |
Q q | qabar (grave), qaddis (saint), Qoran (Koran), qoxra (shell), qżużija (nastiness) |
R r | raba' (land), raff (garret), replika (repetition), riħa (smell), rvell (rebellion) |
S s | saba' (finger), safi (clear), saqaf (ceiling), serrieq (saw), suttana (gown) |
T t | tabakk (tabaco), tarġa (step), terrazzin (belvedere), Turkija (Turkey), twissija (advice) |
U u | udjenza )audience), uffiċċju (office0, uman (human), uviera (egg-cup), użin (weight) |
V v | vaċċin (vaccine), vaska (pond), viċi (vice), vjaġġ (trip), vvumtat (vomited) |
W w | warda (rose), werrej (index), wied (valley), wirt (inheritance), wweldjat (welded) |
X x | xabla (sword), xandir (broadcasting), xehda (honeycomb), xoffa (lip), xxuttjat (to shoot) |
Ż ż | żagħżugħ (youth), żaqq (stomach), żifna (dance), żunżan (wasp), żżuffjetta (to mock) |
Z z | zalliera (salt-cellar), zalza (sauce), zalzett (sausage), zokk (trunk), zuntier (church-square) |