Maltese English | |
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Native to | Malta |
Ethnicity | Maltese |
Native speakers | 320,000[1] (2005) |
Latin (English alphabet) Unified English Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Malta |
Language codes | |
ISO 639-3 | – |
Glottolog | malt1247 |
IETF | none |
Maltese English (MaltE) is a postcolonial variety of the English language spoken by the Maltese people. Maltese is heavily influenced by its contact with the Maltese language.[1] It is close to the prestigious dialects of British English, but diverges from them in phonology and morphosyntax.