Malta
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Arabic, Egyptian Spoken
[arz] Users: 2,400 in Malta (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
English
[eng] Users: 440,300 in Malta, all users. L1 users: 8,300 in Malta (2018). L2 users: 432,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 1 (National). Statutory national working language (1964, Constitution, Article 5(2)). Alternate Names: Ingliż. Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, English.
French
[fra] Scattered. Users: 26,300 in Malta (2018), L2 users. Status: 4 (Educational). Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Gallo-Romance, Gallo-Rhaetian, Oïl, French.
German, Standard
[deu] Users: 9,500 in Malta (2018 Eurostat), L2 users. Status: 5* (Dispersed). Classification: Indo-European, Germanic, West, High German, German, Middle German, East Middle German.
Italian
[ita] Widespread. Users: 263,000 in Malta, all users. L1 users: 1,000 in Malta (2018). L2 users: 262,000 (European Commission 2012). Status: 5* (Dispersed). Alternate Names: Italiano. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Italo-Dalmatian.
Maltese
[mlt] Widespread. Users: 454,000 in Malta (European Commission 2012). Total users in all countries: 533,280. Status: 1 (National). Statutory national language (1964, Constitution, Article 5(2)). Autonym: Malti. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic.
Maltese Sign Language
[mdl] Scattered. Users: 200 (2014 Malta Deaf People’s Association). 200 deaf signers, less than 0.1% of the total population. Another estimate: 2,000 (2014 IMB). Status: 5 (Developing). Recognized language (2016, Maltese Sign Language Recognition Act No. XVII of 2016), declared LSM as an official language, established a Sign Language Council to promote and develop it, and to regulate interpreting services. Alternate Names: Il-Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija, LSM, Lingwa tas-Sinjali Maltija, Lingwi tas-Sinjali Maltin. Classification: Sign language, Deaf community sign language.
Somali
[som] Users: 1,200 in Malta (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Afro-Asiatic, Cushitic, East, Somali.
Spanish
[spa] Users: 7,760 in Malta (2018). Status: Unestablished. Classification: Indo-European, Italic, Romance, Italo-Western, Western, Gallo-Iberian, Ibero-Romance, West Iberian, Castilian.