Docs Languages
Maltese (Malti)
Code mt. Not reviewed by a native speaker.
This page is generated by bun run docs:languages from the pack in src/core/lang/mt.ts. Do not edit it by hand: src/lang-docs.test.ts fails when it is out of date. A no-break space is shown as ~.
Quotation
| Register | Levels, outermost first |
|---|---|
| display | “…”, ‘…’ |
| literary | as display |
A quotation nested deeper than the levels listed starts over from the first.
Dashes
| What | Setting |
|---|---|
| break in the sentence | spaced em dash |
| break in the sentence, literary | spaced em dash |
| line of dialogue (a paragraph opening with a dash) | not set (dialogue is quoted) |
Spaces
- One-letter words kept with the next word: none.
- Short words kept with the next word, in a title (the opt-in rule
space.short-word): none. - A no-break space between a number and %: yes.
- A no-break space between a number and € after it: no.
Abbreviations
| Kind | Entries |
|---|---|
| stay with a number | p pp |
Numbers
Groups of three are separated by ~, the decimal mark is ..
Sources
- https://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/01ed788a-d266-11ec-a95f-01aa75ed71a1.0015.01/DOC_1 (Il-Gwida tal-Istil Interistituzzjonali, PDF of 19 April 2022: 4.2.3 virgoletti, apostrofu and spazji fissi, 5.10 kwotazzjonijiet, 6.4 sinjali tal-punteġġatura u l-ispazji, 6.5 punteġġatura fiċ-ċifri, 7 euro)
- https://op.europa.eu/en/web/eu-vocabularies/formex/physical-specifications/character-encoding/use-of-quotation-marks-in-the-different-languages (Publications Office, quotation marks per language: mt
“…”‘…’“…”) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark (cross-check only: Maltese
“…”‘…’)
Notes
Quotation: “…” then ‘…’ is ISG 4.2.3 (“in Maltese, a quotation is set between double marks, single marks for a quotation inside a quotation; further levels repeat levels 1 and 2”) and the Publications Office table; the pack has two levels, and a deeper quotation starts over, which is what the ISG says. The Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti was not searched. Apostrophe: ISG 4.2.3 asks for the typographic apostrophe ’, not the keyboard one. ta’, m’hu, x’inhu and the hyphenated articles (l-ħobż, taċ-ċikkulata) stand inside a word or before a space, and the goldens in mt.test.ts pin that they round-trip inside and outside a quotation, including a quotation written with straight single marks around m’hu. Known limit: a quotation written with straight single marks that holds a word ending in an apostrophe, 'il-ktieb ta' Mario', is closed at ta’ (it comes out as “il-ktieb ta” Mario’), because the pack has no field for a trailing apostrophe; double quotes are not affected. The elisions field is empty: no Maltese word starts with an apostrophe in any source read. Numbers: ISG 6.5 gives a point for the decimals and a space between groups of three digits in Maltese (the Official Journal uses a comma, for technical reasons); the group separator is a no-break space, the fixed space of the ISG. Abbreviations: only p. and pp. before a page number, shown with a fixed space in 4.2.3 (p.• ĠU C) and used in 5.10 (pp. 71–98). Nru is written without a full stop and is followed by a fixed space in 4.2.3 (Nru• ĠU L), but the engine’s abbreviation fields need the dot, so it is not implemented. Euro: ISG 7 writes the euro sign before the amount without a space in Maltese (€30). The pack sets percentSpace (5% becomes 5 %) but not currencySpace, so no space is added before €: 30€ stays 30€ and €30 is untouched. Not implemented, not verified: one-letter words to keep off the end of a line (none sourced), the dash conventions of the language (not read), longer abbreviation lists, the national rules of the Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ilsien Malti. No other typography tool read covers Maltese.
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