Language/Maltese/Pronunciation/Alphabet-and-Pronunciation

Maltese Alphabet, IPA Pronuncation, Video, Virtual Keyboard...

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In today's lesson, you will learn how to write the different letters of the Maltese alphabet, how to pronounce these letters whether it is through the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), or through a video with the pronunciation of the letters by a native speaker.

You will also find at the end of this lesson a virtual keyboard to be able to type each special character of this language.

Maltese Alphabet and IPA Pronunciation

Letter	A a	B b	Ċ ċ	D d	E e	F f	Ġ ġ	G g	Għ għ	H h	Ħ ħ	I i	Ie ie	J j	K k	L l	M m	N n	O o	P p	Q q	R r	S s	T t	U u	V v	W w	X x	Ż ż	Z z
IPA	/ɐ/	/b/	/t͡ʃ/	/d/	/ɛ/	/f/	/d͡ʒ/	/ɡ/	/ˤː/	∅	/ħ/	/ɪ/	/iɛ, iː/	/j/	/k/	/l/	/m/	/n/	/ɔ/	/p/	/ʔ/	/r/	/s/	/t/	/ʊ/	/v/	/w/	/ʃ, ʒ/	/z/	/t͡s, d͡z/

Alphabet and English Equivalent

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LETTERS IN MALTESE	PRONUNCIATION ENGLISH SPEAKERS
a	ah
à	ah (stress)
b	b
b (final)	p
ċ	ch
d	d
d (final)	t
e	eh
è	eh (stress)
f	f
g	g
g (final)	k
ġ	j
ġ (final)	ch
għ	it lengthens vowel
għ (final)	h (stronger)
h	no sound
h (final)	h
ħ	h (stronger)
i	ih
j	ih
k	k
l	l
m	m
m + consonant	im
n	n
o	oh
p	p
q	k (gutural)
r	r
s	s
t	t
u	ou
v	v
w	ou
x	sh / zh
z	ts / dz
ż	z

Maltese Online Virtual Keyboard