Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, No official status
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India
  
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
  
Fiji, Guyana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Nepal, Pakistan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Not Available
  
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.
- Bhojpuri was anciently written in Kaithi scripts.
- In Mughal Era, Kaithi script was used in administrative purposes for writing in Bhojpuri language.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Maithili and Magahi
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bhojpuri-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
धन्वाद (dhanvaad)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
का हाल बा? (kaa haal ba?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
राम राम (raam raam)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
मेहरबानी करके (meharbani karke)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
प्रणाम (prannam)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
हम तोहसे प्यार करेनी (hum tohse pyaar kareni)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
माफ़ करीं (maaf karin)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Caribbean Hindustani
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Fiji Hindi
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Tharu Bhojpuri
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
31
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
40.00 million
  
24
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
भोजपुरी (bʰojpurī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Bajpuri, Bhojapuri, Bhozpuri, Bihari, Deswali, Khotla, Piscimas
  
French Name
albanais
  
bhojpuri
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Bhojpuri
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
/boʊdʒˈpʊəri/
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
19th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Bhojpuri
  
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
  
No data Available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
bho
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
bho
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
bho
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
bhoj1246
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
59-AAF-sa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available