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Albanian
Albanian

Malagasy
Malagasy



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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Madagascar

Total No. Of Countries

21
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte

Second Language

Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries

Speaking Continents

Europe
Africa

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.
  • Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
  • About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.

Similar To

Romanian
Swahili and Comorian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3621
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2920
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks30 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
Salama!

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
Misaotra

How Are You?

Si jeni?
Manao ahoana!

Good Night

natën e mirë
Alina tsara

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
Manao ahoana e

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
Manao ahoana e

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
Maraina tsara

Please

Ju lutem
azafady

Sorry

Me fal
Miala tsiny

Bye

mirupafshim
Veloma!

I Love You

unë e dua ju
Tiako ianao.

Excuse Me

Më falni
Azafady

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Eastern Malagasy

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Merina

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.005,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Western Malagasy

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Sakalava

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.001,200,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Plateau Malagasy

Where They Speak

Italy
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How Many People Speak

100,000.0020,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

42
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million25.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.28 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million18.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million18.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
Fiteny Malagasy

Alternative Names

Shqip
Malagasy Sign Language

French Name

albanais
malgache

German Name

Albanisch
Malagassi-Sprache

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[ˌmæləˈɡæsi]

Ethnicity

Albanians
Malagasy people

History

Origin

1462 AD
1000 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family

Subgroup

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Austronesian

Branch

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Indonesian

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
standard Malagasy

Language Position

1484
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Malagasy Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
mg

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
mlg

ISO 639 2/B

alb
mlg

ISO 639 3

sqi
mlg

ISO 639 6

sqi
mlg

Glottocode

alba1267
mala1537

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
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Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Object-Subject

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Albanian and Malagasy Alphabets

Albanian and Malagasy Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Malagasy. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Malagasy Alphabets there are 21 letters. To learn Albanian and Malagasy languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Malagasy languages. The Albanian phonology consist Albanian vowels and Albanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Albanian greetings vs Malagasy greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Malagasy are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Malagasy 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 Malagasy dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Malagasy language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Malagasy Dialects are spoken in different Malagasy speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Malagasy Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Malagasy dialects include: Eastern Malagasy , Western Malagasy. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Malagasy Speaking population

Albanian and Malagasy speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Malagasy languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Malagasy Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Malagasy language is 0.28 %. 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 Malagasy on Albanian vs Malagasy where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Malagasy Language Codes

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