The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
| Population | 300,000 in Malta (1975 Katzner). Population total all countries 330,000 or more. |
| Region | Also spoken in Australia, Canada, Italy, Tunisia, United Kingdom, USA. |
| Alternate names | MALTI |
| Dialects | STANDARD MALTESE, PORT MALTESE, RURAL WEST MALTESE, RURAL EAST MALTESE, RURAL CENTRAL MALTESE, ZURRIEQ, GOZO. |
| Classification | Afro-Asiatic, Semitic, Central, South, Arabic. |
| Comments | It is descended from Maghrebi Arabic but has borrowed heavily from Italian; it is a separately developed form with different syntax and phonology. No diglossia with Standard Arabic. Not endangered. National language. Grammar. Roman script. Bible 1932-1984. |
