Għarb dialect

{{Infobox language

| name = Għarb dialect

| pronunciation =

| region = Għarb

| speakers = A handful

| date =

| ref =

| refname =

| familycolor = Afro-Asiatic

| fam2 = Semitic

| fam3 = West Semitic

| fam4 = Central Semitic

| fam5 = Arabic

| fam6 = Maghrebi Arabic

| fam7 = Pre-HilalianMartine Vanhove, [https://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00009708/document « De quelques traits prehilaliens en maltais »], in: Peuplement et arabisation au Maghreb cccidental : dialectologie et histoire, Casa Velazquez - Universidad de Zaragoza (1998), pp.97-108

| fam8 = Sicilian Arabic

| fam9 = Maltese

| ancestor = Old Maltese

| ancestor2 =

| ancestor3 =

| script = Maltese alphabet

| isoexception = dialect

| glotto = zurr1238

| linglist =

| ietf =

| map = Gharb-map.svg

| mapcaption = Għarb in Malta

| fam10 = Gozitan

}}

The Għarb dialect is a Critically endangered dialect of Maltese spoken in Għarb, Gozo Region, Malta.{{cite journal|url=https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/57552/1/The_vitality_of_Maltese_dialects_in_Gozo.pdf|author=Antoinette Camilleri Grima|date=2020-06-08|title=The Vitality of Maltese Dialects in Gozo|journal=The Gozo Observer|volume=41|pages=8–18|access-date=2025-01-02}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Vella |first=Sasha |date=2021-12-12 |title=Il-Malti: A Glimpse Into The Fading World Of Gozitan Dialects |url=https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/language/il-malti-a-glimpse-into-the-fading-world-of-gozitan-dialects/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Lovin Malta |language=en-GB}} it is also known for being a very archaic dialect reminiscent of Old Maltese.{{Cite web |title=L-Għarb |url=https://visitgozo.com/places/l-gharb/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Visit Gozo |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=About Għarb |url=https://www.gharbnet.com/about |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=gharbnet.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2021-11-03 |title=Spotlight on: Għarb, Gozo |url=https://ohmymalta.com.mt/fr/2021/11/03/spotlight-on-gharb-gozo/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Oh My Malta |language=fr}}