Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Kerala, India, Lakshadweep, Puducherry
  
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
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Academy for Malayalam literature, Government of Kerala
  
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.
- Malayalam language has 54 literals. Same sounds have different versions to it.
- Malayalam script is reffered as "Rod Script" and it is derived from the Grantha script, which was developed from Indic script of Brahmi.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Tamil and Sanskrit Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Malayalam-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Brahmic family and derivatives
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ഹലോ (halēā)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
നന്ദി (nandi)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
സുഖമാണോ? (sukhamāṇēā?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
ശുഭ രാത്രി (śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
ഗുഡ് ഈവനിംഗ് (guḍ īvaniṅg)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ഗുഡ് ആഫ്റ്റർനൂൺ (guḍ āphṟṟarnūṇ)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
രാവിലെ (rāvile)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
ദയവായി (dayavāyi)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ക്ഷമിക്കണം (kṣamikkaṇaṁ)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
വിട (viṭa)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
ഞാൻ നിന്നെ സ്നേഹിക്കുന്നു (ñān ninne snēhikkunnu)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
എക്സ്ക്യൂസ് മീ (ekskyūs mī)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Judeo-Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Israel, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Mappila
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Pandy Malayalam
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
France, kerala
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
33
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
38.00 million
  
26
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
മലയാളം (malayāḷam)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Alealum, Malayalani, Malayali, Malean, Maliyad, Mallealle, Mopla
  
French Name
albanais
  
malayalam
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Malayalam
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Malayali
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
9th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early form
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Malayalam
  
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
  
ml
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
mal
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
mal
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
mal
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
mala1464
  
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
  
Synthetic