Gozitan dialects
The Gozitan dialects are rural dialects of Maltese spoken in the island of Gozo. The vowel shift of *ā to o or u is their main differentiating trait.
Vocabulary
Comparison of some words in Standard Maltese and in the Gozitan dialects:| English | Maltese | Gozitan |
| pills | pilloli | pinuri |
| shy | staħa | regħex |
| biscuit | biskuttel | fettul |
| mattress | saqqu | mitraħ |
| Gozo | Għawdex | Għawdix |
| dizzy | sturdament | mejt |
| bunch of | għanqud | xenxul |
| small table | tavolina | mejdina |
| internal hall door | antiporta | boxxla |
| to spoil someone | fsied | ħajm |
| silver foil | fidda | smontor |
| Yes | iva | ijwa |
| Beach | baħar | beħer |