Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Karnataka, India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Karnataka, India
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Goa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
Similar To
Romanian
Telugu
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3649
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
714
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2935
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Kannada Script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
Please
Ju lutem
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
Sorry
Me fal
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
Bye
mirupafshim
ಬೈ (Bai)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
Excuse Me
Më falni
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Badaga
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00540,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Urali
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
kerala
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,440.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kurumba
Where They Speak
Italy
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
How Many People Speak
100,000.00220,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million49.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.58 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million38.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million11.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
French Name
albanais
kannada
German Name
Albanisch
Kannada
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Kannadiga
Origin
1462 AD
c. 450
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Kannada, Kannada
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Kannada
Language Position
1431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
kn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
kan
ISO 639 2/B
alb
kan
ISO 639 3
sqi
kan
ISO 639 6
sqi
kan
Glottocode
alba1267
nucl1305
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-