{"id":568,"date":"2023-02-15T19:19:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T18:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/en\/?p=568"},"modified":"2023-05-08T08:53:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T06:53:59","slug":"gendered-language-in-malta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/gendered-language-in-malta\/","title":{"rendered":"Gendered language in Malta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"144\" height=\"93\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Ico_Partners.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-526\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Maltese language has some gendered elements, such as gendered nouns and adjective.&nbsp; Maltese has gendered third-person pronouns, with &#8220;hu&#8221; being used for masculine persons and &#8220;hi&#8221; for feminine persons. The use of these gendered pronouns reflects the traditional societal expectations and norms around gender in Malta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there has been some recent effort to promote gender-inclusive language in Malta. This includes promoting the use of gender-neutral terms in certain contexts, such as in the media and in official communications.&nbsp; This is still an ongoing process and the use of gendered pronouns remains the norm in Maltese language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Malta, the use of non-binary pronouns is not widely recognized or widely used. Malta does not have legal recognition for non-binary individuals, and the use of non-binary pronouns is not yet common in the Maltese language. However, as awareness of non-binary gender identities continues to grow, it&#8217;s possible that the use of non-binary pronouns will become more widely recognized and accepted in Malta in the future. It is worth noting that language is a dynamic and constantly evolving aspect of society, and the use of gendered language can change over time as societal attitudes towards gender and gender identity change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There has been some recent effort to promote gender-inclusive language in Malta that is is still an ongoing process<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":814,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568\/revisions\/814"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gender101.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}