Żurrieqi (also spelled Zurrieqi) is one of the dialects of the Maltese language. It is spoken in Żurrieq, a town in the Southern Region of Malta.[2][3][4]
| Zurrieq dialect | |
|---|---|
| Żurrieqi | |
| Region | Żurrieq |
| Maltese alphabet | |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | – |
| Glottolog | zurr1238 |
 Zurrieq in Malta | |
Differences
editZurrieqi differs from Standard Maltese in lexicon, grammar and pronunciation. For example, in Standard Maltese "he is not working" is translated as mhux qed jaħdem, but in the Zurrieq dialect one says ma qedx jaħdem instead.[4]
Example
edit| Zurrieqi[5] | IPA transcription[5] |
|---|---|
| Il-lanza tagħmel il-lanza tagħmel ġebla teħt, u n-nassa turbutha fursi skunt fej’ tkun trid turbutha b’erbat eqjem b’ħamse, b’sitta. U mbagħad ikillha biċċa sufra ‘il fuq min-nassa, iżżummha dik. Is-sufra qatta jgħidulha. Imbagħad il-lanza tista’ tirħiha. Le, bex iżżumm, bex ma tinżilx mal-qegħ in-nassa. | ɪlˈlɐntsɐ ˈtɐːmɛl ɪlˈlɐntsɐ ˈtɐːmɛl ˈʤɛblɛ tɛht ʊn ˈnɐssɐ tʊrˈbʊtɐ ˈfʊrsɪ skʊnt fɛj tkʊn trɪt tʊrˈbʊtɐ bɛrˈbɐt ɛʔˈjɛm ˈbhɐmsɛ ˈbsɪttɛ ʊmˈbɐt ɪˈkɪllɐ ˈbɪʧʧɐ ˈsʊːfrɐ ɪl fʊʔ mɪnˈnɐssɐ ɪzˈzʊmmɐ dɛjk ɪsˈsʊːfrɐ ˈʔɐttɐ jɐjˈduːlɐ ɪmˈbɐt ɪlˈlɐntsɐ ˈtɪstɐ tɪrˈhiːjɐ lɛ bɛʃ ˈɪzzʊmm bɛʃ mɐ tɪnˈzɪlʃ mɐl ʔɛːh ɪnˈnɐssɐ |
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
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Zurrieq". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
- ^ Kortmann, Bernd; Auwera, Johan (2011). The Languages and Linguistics of Europe - A Comprehensive Guide. p. 242. ISBN 9783110220254.
- ^ a b "Djaletti - Daħla". Malti (in English and Maltese). Department of Maltese at the University of Malta. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Djaletti - Isma'". Malti (in English and Maltese). Department of Maltese at the University of Malta. Retrieved 14 July 2024.