Imgarri dialect
Imġarri dialect also known as the Mġarr dialect is a Dialect of Maltese language spoken in the village of Mġarr[1]
it is thought to be closely related or an offshoot of the Mosta dialect.[2] though not much is written about this dialect. in 1994 it had 3,000 speakers[3]
Phonology
[edit]| Labial | Dental/ | Postalveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | ɡ | ʔ | ||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ ʒ | ħ | ʕ[3] | ||||||
| Trill | r | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | w | ||||||||||
References
[edit]- ↑ "Gh and h". Times of Malta. 2006-04-30. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- ↑ [httpss://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2008-09-06/newspaper-letters/Dialect-Changes-212797 "Dialect Changes - The Malta Independent"]. www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2026-07-17.
- 1 2 Camilleri, Antoinette; Vanhove, Martine (1994). "A Phonetic and Phonological Description of the Maltese Dialect of Mġarr (Malta)". Zeitschrift für Arabische Linguistik (28): 87–110. ISSN 0170-026X.