Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Pakistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India, Pakistan
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Pakistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
Similar To
Romanian
Hindi Language
Derived From
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Sanskrit Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3653
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2941
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks6 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
Please
Ju lutem
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
Sorry
Me fal
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
Bye
mirupafshim
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
Excuse Me
Më falni
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Pothohari
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Pakistan
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.002,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Saraiki
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0020,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Doabi
Where They Speak
Italy
Pakistan, Punjab, India
How Many People Speak
100,000.00130,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
430
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million154.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %1.44 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million100.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million54.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
Alternative Names
Shqip
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
French Name
albanais
pendjabi
German Name
Albanisch
Pandschabi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
Not Availble
Ethnicity
Albanians
Punjabis
Origin
1462 AD
1000 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Indic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Punjabi
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Indian Signing System (ISS)
Scope
Individual
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ISO 639 1
sq
pa
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
pan
ISO 639 2/B
alb
pan
ISO 639 3
sqi
pan
ISO 639 6
sqi
panj
Glottocode
alba1267
panj1256
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
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Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional