Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Karnataka, India
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Karnataka, India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Goa
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Andra Pradesh, Goa, kerala, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Various academies and the Government of Karnataka
  
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.
- Kannada is the third oldest language after Sanskrit and Tamil of India
- Kannada language is only Indian language which got maximum i.e. 8 GyanaPeetha Awards.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Telugu
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kannada-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Kannada Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ಹಲೋ (Halō)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ಧನ್ಯವಾದಗಳು (Dhan'yavādagaḷu)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
ನೀವು ಹೇಗಿದ್ದೀರಿ? (Nīvu hēgiddīri?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
ಶುಭ ರಾತ್ರಿ (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
ಶುಭ ಸಂಜೆ (Śubha san̄je)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ಉತ್ತಮ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ (Uttama madhyāhna)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
ಶುಭೋದಯ (Śubhōdaya)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು (Dayaviṭṭu)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (Kṣamisi)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
ಬೈ (Bai)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
ನಾನು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ (Nānu ninna prītisuttēne)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
ಕ್ಷಮಿಸಿ (kshamisi)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Badaga
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Tamil Nadu, The Nilgiris
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Urali
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
kerala
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Kurumba
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
49.00 million
  
29
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
11.00 million
  
21
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ಕನ್ನಡ (kannaḍa)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Banglori, Canarese, Havyaka, Kanarese, Madrassi
  
French Name
albanais
  
kannada
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Kannada
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[ˈkʌnnəɖɑː]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Kannadiga
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 450
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Kannada, Kannada
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Modern Kannada
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
kn
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
kan
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
kan
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
kan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
nucl1305
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available