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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/23526| Title: | A question of the alphabet |
| Authors: | Camilleri, J.J. |
| Keywords: | Ghaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti Maltese language -- Alphabet Education -- Malta -- History -- 20th century Maltese language -- History -- 19th century Maltese language -- History -- 20th century Malta -- History -- Language question, 1880-1934 Maltese language -- History -- Language question, 1880-1934 |
| Issue Date: | 1984 |
| Publisher: | Upper Secondary School Valletta |
| Citation: | Camilleri, J.J. (1984). A question of the alphabet. Hyphen, 4(2), 47-54 |
| Abstract: | The lack of an accepted Maltese alphabet and a standard orthography created serious difficulties and hindered progress. So when in 1920 I-Għaqda tal-Kittieba tal-Malti was founded it took this matter in hand and gave it prime importance. On November 14 of that same year it appointed a Commission to study and devise the Maltese alphabet. This was one of the very first activities of the Għaqda. The Commission's proposed draft of the alphabet was discussed at a gerieral meeting held on 18 November 1921. It was approved and four days later the Secretary of the Għaqda, F.S. Caruana, enclosed a specimen of the alphabet to the Head of the Ministry, Joseph Howard and, requesting the co-operation of Government, he proposed that this alphabet be adopted in all Maltese publications. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/23526 |
| Appears in Collections: | Hyphen, Volume 4, No. 2 (1984) Hyphen, Volume 4, No. 2 (1984) |
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