Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
32
0
46
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National Language
Malaysia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Indonesia
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Thailand
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
Romanian
Derived From
Tamil Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2636
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
67
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
36 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hai
Përshëndetje
Thank You
terima kasih
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Selamat Malam
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
mirëdita
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
mirëmengjes
Please
sila
Ju lutem
Sorry
maaf
Me fal
Bye
Selamat tinggal
mirupafshim
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
Më falni
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Pekal
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
30,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Musi
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Indonesia
Italy
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
244
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
1.16 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
77.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Bahasa Malaysia
Shqip
French Name
malais
albanais
German Name
Malaiisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Malaysian people
Albanians
Origin
c. 683 AD
1462 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
Standard Albanian
Language Position
5414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ms
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
msa
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
may
alb
ISO 639 3
zsm
sqi
ISO 639 6
may
sqi
Glottocode
stan1306
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
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Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic