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The reference to "Latin letter Y" is somewhat confusing, as there is no Y in classical Latin. I cannot think of a better way to put it though.
Did dotless c sound like modern k?
No. The 'c' in Maltese - regardless of whether with or without dot - was and always is pronounced as 'ch' is in English.
In pre-20th century writing, the dotless C had the same value as in Italian. That is, 'k' except before the vowels E and I when it was pronounced as 'ch'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.0.15.181 (talk) 02:31, 17 June 2015 (UTC)
A guide to how each letter is generally pronounced would be rather useful. And some explanation as to why the diacritics are used (to provide a way of writing sounds not generally found in Romance / Germanic languages, for example). And how does this alphabet differ from other Latin-derived alphabets, such as Turkish?
This feels rather like a stub article, to me. Given that most Maltese people can handle English pretty well, I'm surprised this article isn't considerably longer and more detailed… — OwenBlacker 15:58, 16 July 2007 (UTC)
Does Maltese alphabet have enough letters to (theoretically) romanise Modern Standard Arabic? See also: Talk:Romanization of Arabic--Atitarev (talk) 23:40, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
May I kindly ask if anybody knows; Who invented the ħ letter first? The International Phonetic Association or people from Malta for the Maltese language. --Mahmudmasri (talk) 08:24, 17 July 2009 (UTC)
I believe it came first in the Maltese alphabet. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.202.43.54 (talk) 00:48, 21 February 2011 (UTC)
Maltese letter: o
Source: http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/maltesegrammar.htm
Other sources:
Best regards
—Preceding unsigned comment added by Sarvaturi (talk • contribs) 11:56, 21 April 2010 (UTC)
Is there a reason why the accented vowels Àà, Èè, Ìì, Òò, and Ùù are only mentioned at the end of the article and not included in the alphabet at the top? Mtanti (talk) 20:21, 5 January 2023 (UTC)