Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Myanmar
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Myanmar
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Bangladesh, Burma
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Mon
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Myanmar Language Commission
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.
- The naming of people in Burmese is strange. There is no last name, often name is rhymed such as Ming Ming, Mo Mo or Jo Jo.
- It appears as odd language to many people because it has peculiar pitch register, tonal form as language.
Similar To
Romanian
Thai Language
Derived From
-
Pali Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2933
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Tangut
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, 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
မင်္ဂလာပါ (maingalarpar)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါသည် (kyaayyjuutainparsai)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
နေကောင်းလား? (naykaungglarr?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
ကောင်းသောညပါ (kaunggsawnyapar)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
မင်္ဂလာညနေခင်းပါ (main g lar nyanayhkainn par)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
မင်္ဂလာနေ့လည်ခင်းပါ (main g lar naelaihkainn par)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
မင်္ဂလာနံနက်ခင်းပါ (main g lar nannaathkainnpar)
Please
Ju lutem
ကျေးဇူးပြု (kyaayyjuupyu)
Sorry
Me fal
တောင်းပန်ပါတယ် (taunggpaanpartaal)
Bye
mirupafshim
နုတ်ဆက်ပါတယ် (notesaatpartaal)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
မင်းကိုချစ်တယ် (mainnkohkyittaal)
Excuse Me
Më falni
ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက် ငါ့ကိုအ (Sainhkyaysainlaat ngarko a)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Arakanese
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bangladesh, India, Myanmar
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.002,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Tavoyan
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Myanmar
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00440,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Intha
Where They Speak
Italy
Burma
How Many People Speak
100,000.0090,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million43.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.50 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million33.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
ဗမာစကား (bama saka)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Bama, Bamachaka, Myanmar, Myen, myanma bhasa
French Name
albanais
birman
German Name
Albanisch
Birmanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[bəmɛ̀]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Bamar people
Origin
1462 AD
1113 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Subgroup
-
Tibeto-Burman
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Burmese, Middle Burmese, Burmese
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Burmese
Language Position
1443
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Burmese sign language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
my
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mya
ISO 639 2/B
alb
bur
ISO 639 3
sqi
mya
ISO 639 6
sqi
mya
Glottocode
alba1267
sout3159
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic, Isolating