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cottonera dialect wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 the vowel i after għ 2 the vowel u after għ 3 the vowel e after għ 4 the consonant q 5 references toggle the table of contents cottonera dialect add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia dialect of the maltese language cottonera dialect kottoneran pronunciation kɔtːɔnɛˈrɐn region three cities and surrounding area native speakers about 10 000 citation needed 2014 language family afro asiatic semitic west semitic central semitic arabic maghrebi arabic pre hilalian 1 sicilian arabic maltese cottonera dialect writing system maltese alphabet language codes iso 639 3 one of the dialects of the maltese language is the cottonera dialect known to locals as kottoneran 2 3 many inhabitants of the three cities speak the local dialect and thus roughly amount to 10 000 speakers the most distinctive feature of this dialect is its treatment of vowels i and u after the silent consonant għ in standard maltese and other dialects these vowels are realized as diphthongs after għ however in most situations they remain monophthongs in the cottonera dialect the vowel i after għ edit the vowel i after għ remains an i as in the english fleece instead of diphthongizing to ai as in the english price english standard maltese cottonera dialect my mine tiegħi ˈtiɐɪ tiegħi ˈtiːɪ he curses jidgħi ˈjɪdɐɪ jidgħi ˈjɪdɪ with me miegħi ˈmiɐɪ miegħi ˈmiːɪ this dialectal change does not occur with the words għid easter erbgħin forty sebgħin seventy and disgħin ninety the local poet from senglea dwardu cachia 1858 1907 formed part of the xirka xemija in 1882 an organization which formulated one of the first standardized versions of written maltese 4 moreover cachia wrote a poem about this very alphabet in which he made use of the 4 line rhyme coincidentally the abcb rhyme of the second stanza only works if read in his cottonera dialect 5 ebda ħażż ma jibdel leħnu fil fonetiku qed ingħid ga ge gi ibsin jinstemgħu għax tgħid ħadthom bla taħbit dwardu cachia 1858 1907 translation ɪˈniːt not ɪˈnɐɪt tɐhˈbiːt the vowel u after għ edit the vowel u after għ remains an u as in the english goose instead of diphthongizing to au as in the english mouth english standard maltese cottonera dialect his tiegħu ˈtiɐu tiegħu ˈtiːʊ sent passive participle mibgħut mɪˈbɐʊt mibgħut mɪˈbuːt a piece of wood għuda ˈɐʊdɐ għuda ˈuːdɐ we can could nistgħu ˈnɪstɐʊ nistgħu ˈnɪstʊ we sell nbigħu mˈbiɐʊ nbigħu mˈbiːʊ with him miegħu ˈmiɐʊ miegħu ˈmiːʊ the vowel e after għ edit although in contemporary maltese 21st century the combination għe sometimes produces an a vowel the cottonera dialect has widely kept the e i realization comparable to standard maltese english standard maltese cottonera dialect contemporary maltese she remained baqgħet ˈbɐʔɛt baqgħet ˈbɐʔɛt ˈbɐqɪt baqgħet ˈbɐʔɐt she fell waqgħet ˈwɐʔɛt waqgħet ˈwɐʔɛt ˈwɐqɪt waqgħet ˈwɐʔɐt he tired them għejjiehom ɛjˈjiːɔm għejjiehom ɛjˈjiːɔm għejjiehom ɐjˈjiːɔm the consonant q edit in cottonera most notably among the eldest demographic of senglea the consonant q is still pronounced as a voiceless uvular plosive q as its counterpart in classical arabic this sound survived in modern maltese only through the cottonera dialect instead of being replaced with the standard glottal stop ʔ however it is severely in decline 6 7 8 english standard maltese cottonera dialect archaic pronunciation never qatt ʔɐtt qatt qɐtt he told me qalli ˈʔɐllɪ qalli ˈqɐllɪ we reside noqogħdu nɔˈʔɔːdʊ noqogħdu nɔˈqɔːdʊ artichokes qaqoċċ ʔɐˈʔɔtʃtʃ qaqoċċ qɐˈqɔtʃtʃ poverty faqar ˈfɐʔɐr faqar ˈfɐqɐr he reached laħaq ˈlɐhɐʔ laħaq ˈlɐhɐq references edit 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 sciriha lydia 1997 id djalett tal kottonera analizi socjolingwistika in maltese daritama publications isbn 978 99909 68 26 2 linguistic lustre the malta independent www independent com mt retrieved 14 january 2023 il kunsill nazzjonali tal ilsien malti www kunsilltalmalti gov mt retrieved 15 january 2023 camilleri saviour 2010 dwardu cachia kittieb senglean 1858 1907 pdf marija bambina senglea festa 2010 vella olvin mifsud manwel 2006 kollu malti 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