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Utent:Sarvaturi~mtwiktionary/IPA-Maltese
International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) for Maltese language, according to the articles:
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language Maltese language (en.wiki)].
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_alphabet Maltese alphabet (en.wiki)].

===Vowels===

==== Short vowels ====

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*{{IPA|/ʊː/}}, written ''u'' (ex: hut)
*{{IPA|/iː/}}, written ''i'' (ex: ilu) as in the English word ''jeep''
*1. {{IPA|/ɪː/}}, written ''ie'' (ex: grieg)
*2. {{IPA|/iɛ/}} written ''ie'' (ex: [[tlieta]]): no syllabation (there is one vowel "ie", not "i" and "e")

==== Diphtongs ====

*''aj'' {{IPA|/ɐɪ/}} 
{{IPA|/ɐʲ/}}([[għajnuna]]) - {{IPA|/ɐʲ/|/ɐj/}} ([[tajba]])
*''aw'' {{IPA|/ɐʊ/}}
*''ej'' {{IPA|/ɛɪ/}}
*''ew'' {{IPA|/ɛʊ/}}
*''iw'' {{IPA|/ɪʊ/}}
*''oj'' {{IPA|/ɔɪ/}}
*''ow'' {{IPA|/ɔʊ/}}

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== Sources ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language Maltese language (en.wiki)]
*[http://www.aboutmalta.com/language/maltesegrammar.htm Alphabet and sounds]
*[http://aboutmalta.com/language/engmal.htm General rules governing the length of vowels]
*[http://www.omniglot.com/writing/maltese.htm Maltese pronunciation, Maltese alphabet]
*[http://www.maltesering.com/maltese_language.asp Approximate English pronunciation]