Għarb dialect

Għarb dialect
Għarb dialect
Region	Għarb
Native speakers	A handful
Language family	Afro-Asiatic Semitic West Semitic Central Semitic Arabic Maghrebi Arabic Pre-Hilalian Sicilian Arabic Maltese Gozitan Għarb dialect; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;
Early form	Old Maltese
Writing system	Maltese alphabet
Language codes
ISO 639-3	–
Glottolog	zurr1238
	Għarb in Malta

The Għarb dialect is a Critically endangered dialect of Maltese spoken in Għarb, Gozo Region, Malta. One of the dialect's most distinctive features is how għ (referred to as għajn) is also pronounced as r, for example "dgħajsa" (boat), is pronounced as drajsa. it is also known for being a very archaic dialect reminiscent of Old Maltese.