The National Council on the Maltese Language has published a set of rules on written Maltese, settling a number of longstanding issues, although the process still has to continue.

A document issued today explains the use of capital letters, the use of words which are joined together and the spelling of several words.

For example, one should write Awwissu, now Awissu, beritta not berretta, dettall not detal, dvalja, not tvalja, lembuba not lenbuba, kuritur, not kuridur, xbieha, not xbiha, xhieda not xiehda and Magreb, not Maghreb.

The decisions were published in today’s Government Gazette.

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