Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
Total No. Of Countries
24
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Israel, Mauritius
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
Similar To
Romanian
Konkani Language
Derived From
-
Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3652
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
716
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Devanagari
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
Please
Ju lutem
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
Sorry
Me fal
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
Bye
mirupafshim
बाय (Bāya)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
Excuse Me
Më falni
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Maharashtrian Konkani
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Kokan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.002,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Varhadi
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Vidarbha
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Khandeshi
Where They Speak
Italy
Khandesh
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
442
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million71.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.10 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million68.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
मराठी (marāṭhī)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
French Name
albanais
marathe
German Name
Albanisch
Marathi
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Marathi people
Origin
1462 AD
10th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Maharashtri Prakrit
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Marathi
Language Position
1417
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
mr
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mar
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mar
ISO 639 3
sqi
mar
ISO 639 6
sqi
mar
Glottocode
alba1267
mara1378
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
omr
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-