Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
New Zealand
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
New Zealand
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Australia, Oceania
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
Māori 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.
- "E korao no New Zealand" was the first printed Maori book in 1815.
- The first newspaper in the Maori language was published in year 1842.
Similar To
Romanian
Tahitian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3620
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2910
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Hello
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Mauruuru koutou
How Are You?
Si jeni?
E pēhea ana koe ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Night pai
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
pai ahiahi
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Afternoon pai
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Morning pai
Please
Ju lutem
Tēnā
Sorry
Me fal
Aroha mai
Bye
mirupafshim
poroporoaki
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Aroha ahau ki a koe
Excuse Me
Më falni
tukua ahau
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
South Island Māori
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00150,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Western North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Eastern North Island Maori
Where They Speak
Italy
New Zealand
How Many People Speak
100,000.00150,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million0.18 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.01 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million0.18 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million0.10 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
te Reo Māori
Alternative Names
Shqip
New Zealand Maori
French Name
albanais
maori
German Name
Albanisch
Maori-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈmaɔɾi]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Māori people
Origin
1462 AD
1814
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
Polynesian
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Maori
Language Position
1426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Maori Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
mi
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mri
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mao
ISO 639 3
sqi
mri
ISO 639 6
sqi
mri
Glottocode
alba1267
maor1246
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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