Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Nepal
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Nepal
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Nepal
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
Similar To
Romanian
Bhojpuri Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3647
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2922
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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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
pranam
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
dhanyabad
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Aahan kehan chhi ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Śubharātri
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
shubh sandhya
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
dopahar ke bad namaskar
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Suprabhaat
Please
Ju lutem
kripaya
Sorry
Me fal
maf karai
Bye
mirupafshim
Alavidā
I Love You
unë e dua ju
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
Excuse Me
Më falni
kripaya
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Tharuwat
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Nepal
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0035,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Madhubani
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
North India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0035,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Khortha
Where They Speak
Italy
Deoghar, France
How Many People Speak
100,000.0035,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million32.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.41 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million27.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million2.80 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
French Name
albanais
maithili
German Name
Albanisch
Maithili
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈmaitʰili]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Maithil
Origin
1462 AD
14th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Maithili
Language Position
1440
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Maithili Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mai
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mai
ISO 639 3
sqi
mai
ISO 639 6
sqi
mai
Glottocode
alba1267
mait1250
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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