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Listen: Maltese dialects from 50 years ago to go online


So, while most people say
ħabel tal-inxir (clothes line), some in Gozo say
perċa while others in Siġġiewi and Mosta say
manxar or
manxra.
These and other lexical curiosities are being documented by a team of lecturers and researchers at the University of Malta and will feature in an online portal that should go live in the first quarter of this year.
This “one-stop-shop website” will also map dialects sourced from various localities in Malta and Gozo, some of which were recorded 50 years ago by a team led by professor Ġużè Aquilina and University of Leeds scholar Benedikt Isserlin. ....

Malta General , Edward Fenech , John Paul Grima , Ray Fabri , Benedikt Isserlin , Alexandra Vella , Daniel Massa , Language Technology , Maltese Language Department Michael Spagnol , Institute Of Linguistics , Department Of Arabic , University Of Malta , University Of Leeds , மால்டா ஜநரல் , எட்வர்ட் ஃபெநெக் , ஜான் பால் கிரிமா , ராய் ஃபேப்ரி , அலெக்சாண்ட்ரா வெல்லா , டேனியல் மாஸா , மொழி தொழில்நுட்பம் , நிறுவனம் ஆஃப் மொழியியல் , துறை ஆஃப் அரபு , பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் மால்டா , பல்கலைக்கழகம் ஆஃப் லீட்ஸ் ,