Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sierra Leone
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Bangladesh, India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
India
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Maldives, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Bangla Academy, Paschimbanga Bangla Akademi
  
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.
- Bengali language is the World's sweetest language.
- 21st February is celebrated as an International Mother Language day, which is based on Bengali language.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Assamese and Oriya
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bengali-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali, Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
হ্যালো (Hyālō)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ধন্যবাদ (dhonnobad)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
কেমন আছিস? (kêmon achhish?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
শুভরাত্রি (shubhoratri)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
শুভ সন্ধ্যা। (shubho shondha)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ভাল বৈকাল (Bhāla Baikāla)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
সুপ্রভাত (shuprobhat)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
অনুগ্রহ করে (Anugraha karē)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
দুঃখিত (dukkhito)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
বিদায় (Bidāẏa)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
আমি আপনাকে ভালোবাসি (ami apnake bhalobashi)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
মাফ করবেন (Māpha karabēna)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Chakma
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Bangladesh, Burma, India
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Hajong
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Rarhi
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
215.00 million
  
9
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
196.00 million
  
7
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
19.00 million
  
16
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
বাংলা (baɛṅlā)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bangala, Bangla, Bangla-Bhasa
  
French Name
albanais
  
bengali
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Bengali
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Bengalis (Bengali people)
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1000–1200 CE
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Abahatta, Old Bengali
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Bengali
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
bn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ben
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
ben
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ben
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
beng1280
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
59-AAF-u
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available