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Albanian and Maithili


Maithili and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
India, Nepal  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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  
-  

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.
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  • 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
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
47  
27

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
22  
12

Scripts
Latin  
Devanagari  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

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  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Tharuwat  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Nepal  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
21

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Madhubani  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
North India  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
19

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Khortha  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Deoghar, France  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
35,000,000.00  
17

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
15  
14

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
32.00 million  
35

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.41 %  
35

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
27.00 million  
30

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
2.80 million  
99+

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  

History

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
14  
13
40  
37

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Maithili Sign Language  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
-  

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All Albanian and Maithili Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Maithili dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Maithili language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Maithili Dialects are spoken in different Maithili speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Maithili Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Maithili dialects include: Tharuwat , Madhubani. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Maithili Speaking population

Albanian and Maithili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Maithili languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Maithili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Maithili language is 0.41 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Maithili on Albanian vs Maithili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Maithili Language Codes

Albanian and Maithili language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Maithili Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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