Gozitan dialects

Gozitan
għawdxi
Pronunciation[/ˈaːw.t͡ʃɪ/]
Native toMalta
RegionGozo
Native speakers
About 32,000
Dialects
Latin (Maltese alphabet)
Language codes
ISO 639-3
Glottologgozo1238
Linguasphere12-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.[1]

  1. ^ 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.

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