Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Manipur
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
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
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
Similar To
Romanian
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2915
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Khurumjari
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Yamna nungaijare
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Athengba Ahing
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
মানিপুরি
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
দুপুরোয়াক নমস্কাৰ
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Nongale haugatl
Please
Ju lutem
Chanbiduna
Sorry
Me fal
Saobiganu
Bye
mirupafshim
Chatcharage
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Eina nangbu nungsi
Excuse Me
Më falni
দুঃখিত
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Loi
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Burma, Laos
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.005,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Pangal
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Bangladesh, India
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00273,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Meithei proper
Where They Speak
Italy
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,250,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million1.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million1.50 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
মৈইতৈইলোন
Alternative Names
Shqip
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
French Name
albanais
Meithei
German Name
Albanisch
Meithei
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈmeɪteɪ]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Meithei people
Origin
1462 AD
1700
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
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Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Meithei
Language Position
1438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Meithei Sign Language
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sq
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mni
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mni
ISO 639 3
sqi
mni
ISO 639 6
sqi
mni
Glottocode
alba1267
mani1292
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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