Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Pakistan
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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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.
- Kashmiri is the only Daridc language with literature which was originated more than seven hundred and fifty years ago.
- Kashmiri has thousands of loan words from Persian and Arabic Languages.
Similar To
Romanian
Hindi and Urdu Languages
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
717
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2927
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Perso-Arabic script
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Assalām ‘alaikum
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
शुकिया / شکریہ (shukriya)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
तोहय छिवा वारय? (tohy ch'ivaa vaarai?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
शबे खैर । (shabey k'eūr)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
سہا مسا
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Hach t'ochoktiya
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Hach ch'i
Please
Ju lutem
مهربانی کر
Sorry
Me fal
माफ कॅरिव । (maap' keuriv)
Bye
mirupafshim
Khuda hāfiz
I Love You
unë e dua ju
be chus che seth mohabat karaan
Excuse Me
Më falni
वय त्रॅाविव । (vat' treūviv)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kashtawari
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
India, Koshtawar valley, southeast kashmir, India
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Poguli
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Pogul and Paristan valleys
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Rambani
Where They Speak
Italy
India
How Many People Speak
100,000.005,600,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million5.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million5.42 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
कॉशुर / كٲشُر
Alternative Names
Shqip
Cashmeeree, Cashmiri, Kacmiri, Kaschemiri, Keshur, Koshur
French Name
albanais
kashmiri
German Name
Albanisch
Kaschmiri
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kəːʃur]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Kashmiris or koshur
Origin
1462 AD
12th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Kashmiri
Language Position
1423
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
ks
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
kas
ISO 639 2/B
alb
kas
ISO 639 3
sqi
kas
ISO 639 6
sqi
kas
Glottocode
alba1267
kash1277
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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