[Corpora-List] What about Maltese texts in Latin letters?

[Claudia]

No they are not exceptions. They are part of the Maltese alphabet.
(check WIKI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maltese_language#Alphabet)
The only problem was that up to about 4 years ago, there weren't
standardised Maltese fonts. So, many electronic documents were written
using only latin characters (e.g.: bongu instead of bonġu [good
morning]). Natives automatically recognise one as the other -
non-natives probably find it confusing since Maltese is phonetic.

It is only now through inclusion of the Unicode standard that
electronic documents are written using the full Maltese set of
characters. Having said that, there are still electronic documents
being written using unofficial fonts (including online newspapers).

In the past there was a mixture of fonts - documented by Angelo Dalli here:
http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/442783.html

I checked the Acquis - it uses the standard UTF8 fonts.


I hope the above answers your question, but please let me know if it
raises more :)

Saħħa (regards)
Claudia


On 18/10/2007, Nicholas Sanders <nix at semiotek.org> wrote:
> Are the characters listed actually exceptions, or are they properly
> described as modified Latin letters or some such? I have no expert
> knowledge in this regard, and my query should be considered as
> genuine rather than contentious!
>
>
> On 18 Oct 2007, at 14:43, Claudia wrote:
>
> > generally Maltese is written in latin characters with the exception of
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