Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Afganistan
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
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
Pakistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
Similar To
Romanian
Persian and Balochi Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2929
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
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
(salaam) سلام
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
How Are You?
Si jeni?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
Good Night
natën e mirë
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
Please
Ju lutem
(lotfan) لطفا
Sorry
Me fal
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
Bye
mirupafshim
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
I Love You
unë e dua ju
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
Excuse Me
Më falni
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Central Pashto
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Northern Pashto
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Wanetsi
Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
100,000.0095,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
421
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million60.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.58 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million60.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million50.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
(paṧto) پښتو
Alternative Names
Shqip
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
French Name
albanais
pachto
German Name
Albanisch
Paschtu
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Pashtun
Origin
1462 AD
1651
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Indo-Iranian
Branch
-
Iranian
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
Language Position
1482
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Pashto Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ps
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
pus
ISO 639 2/B
alb
pus
ISO 639 3
sqi
pus
ISO 639 6
sqi
pus
Glottocode
alba1267
pash1269
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
58-ABD-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional