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| Gozitan | |
|---|---|
| għawdxi | |
| Pronunciation | [/ˈaːw.t͡ʃɪ/] |
| Native to | Malta |
| Region | Gozo |
Native speakers | About 32,000 |
| Dialects | |
| Latin (Maltese alphabet) | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | gozo1238 |
| Linguasphere | 12-AAC-cag |
 Gozo Island, Malta | |
The Gozitan dialects are rural dialects of Maltese spoken in the island of Gozo. The vowel shift of *ā (phonologically a) to o or u is their main differentiating trait.[2]
- ^ Martine Vanhove, « De quelques traits prehilaliens en maltais », in: Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb cccidental : dialectologie et histoire, Casa Velazquez - Universidad de Zaragoza (1998), pp.97-108
- ^ Klimiuk, Maciej; Lipnicka, Maria (2022). Cohen, Yoram (ed.). "The Gozitan Dialect of Xewkija: Three Recorded Dialogues and Some Preliminary Remarks". Telling of Olden Kings. The IOS Annual (22). Leiden: Brill: 146–147. ISBN 978-90-04-52679-2. OCLC 1350843539 – via The Wikipedia Library.