Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Afganistan, Iran, Oman, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Iran
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
India, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Balochi Academy, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- Balochi language had no written form before the early 19th century. The official language used until that time was Persian.
- Balochi has borrowed words from Persian, Arabic, Sindhi, and other languages.
Similar To
Romanian
Kurdish and Persian
Derived From
-
Ancient Indo-Iranian Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3634
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2926
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Salam
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
mana bebahgsh
How Are You?
Si jeni?
chone tao?
Good Night
natën e mirë
jawáin shap
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
jawáin begáh
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
سلام علیکم
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
jawáin sawáh
Please
Ju lutem
Mihrabani kan
Sorry
Me fal
bebaksh / bebagsh
Bye
mirupafshim
bye
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Tu mana doost biyeh
Excuse Me
Më falni
mana bebahgsh
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Eastern Balochi
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Western Balochi
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Southern Balochi
Where They Speak
Italy
Iran, Oman, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,400,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million7.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million7.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million8.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
بلوچی
Alternative Names
Shqip
Baluchi
French Name
albanais
baloutchi
German Name
Albanisch
Belutschisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[bəˈloʧi]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Predominantly Baloch, some Brahui
Origin
1462 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Balochi
Language Position
1439
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Balochi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
bal
ISO 639 2/B
alb
bal
ISO 639 3
sqi
bal
ISO 639 6
sqi
bal
Glottocode
alba1267
balo1260
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
58-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-