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Anonymous  +  888062 Sat, 05 Sep 09 03:10 PM
what languages are spoken in malta?

 

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Tanit  +  888112 Sat, 05 Sep 09 03:57 PM
Hi,


Have you tried Wikipedia?


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_Malta


The current national language of Malta is Maltese, which along with English, is one of the official languages.

Having been governed by many different countries in the past, the Maltese population carry linguistic imprints from many places. Almost 100% of Maltese people can speak Maltese, 88% of the Maltese people can speak English, 66% can speak Italian, and 17% speak French. This shows an increase in the fluency of languages over time, since in 1995, only 98% of the population spoke Maltese, 76% English, 36% Italian, and 10% French. Surprisingly, it also shows an increase in fluency of Italian from the times when the language was actually official there.

French, German and Spanish, are the main other languages studied at secondary school.


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