Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
India
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal
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
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.
- Santali language was an oral language till nineteenth century.
- Before the invention of Santali alphabets, Santali was written with the Bengali or Odia alphabets.
Similar To
Romanian
Munda Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Bengali, Devanagari, Latin, Ol Chiki, Oriya
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Henda ho
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Adi Johar
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Cet’leka menama?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Boge Ninda
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Boge Ayup’
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
संध्यायान
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Boge Setak’
Please
Ju lutem
দয়া করে
Sorry
Me fal
দুঃখিত
Bye
mirupafshim
Hariau
I Love You
unë e dua ju
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲᱤ ᱯᱟᱹᱨᱥᱤ
Excuse Me
Më falni
ᱥᱟᱱᱛᱟᱲ
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Mahali
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
India
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Not present
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
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How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Not present
Where They Speak
Italy
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How Many People Speak
100,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
41
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million6.30 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million6.30 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million6.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
संथाली (sãtʰālī)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Har, Hor, Samtali, Sandal, Sangtal, Santal, Santhali, Santhiali, Satar, Sentali, Sonthal
French Name
albanais
santal
German Name
Albanisch
Santali
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[sɑnˈtɑli]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Santal and Teraibasi Santali
Origin
1462 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austroasiatic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Santali
Language Position
1441
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Santali Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
No data available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
sat
ISO 639 2/B
alb
sat
ISO 639 3
sqi
sat
ISO 639 6
sqi
sat
Glottocode
alba1267
sant1410
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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