[ˈtiɐɪ] [ˈtiːɪ] [ˈjɪdɐɪ] [ˈjɪdɪ] [ˈmiɐɪ] [ˈmiːɪ] This dialectal change does not occur with the words għid (easter), erbgħin (forty), sebgħin (seventy), and disgħin (ninety).
The local poet from Senglea, Dwardu Cachia (1858–1907), formed part of the Xirka Xemija in 1882, an organization which formulated one of the first standardized versions of written Maltese.
[5] "Ebda ħażż ma jibdel leħnu fil-fonetiku, qed ingħid: Ga, Ge, Gi ibsin jinstemgħu "Għax tgħid", ħadthom bla taħbit"
[ˈtiɐu] [ˈtiːʊ] [mɪˈbɐʊt] [mɪˈbuːt] [ˈɐʊdɐ] [ˈuːdɐ] [ˈnɪstɐʊ] [ˈnɪstʊ] [mˈbiɐʊ] [mˈbiːʊ] [ˈmiɐʊ] [ˈmiːʊ] Although in contemporary Maltese (21st Century), the combination għe sometimes produces an /a/ vowel, the Cottonera dialect has widely kept the /e~i/ realization comparable to Standard Maltese.
[6][7][8] (archaic pronunciation) [ʔɐtt] [qɐtt] [ˈʔɐllɪ] [ˈqɐllɪ] [nɔˈʔɔːdʊ] [nɔˈqɔːdʊ] [ʔɐˈʔɔtʃtʃ] [qɐˈqɔtʃtʃ] [ˈfɐʔɐr] [ˈfɐqɐr] [ˈlɐhɐʔ] [ˈlɐhɐq]