Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Goa, India, Maharashtra
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Andra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Israel, Mauritius
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Maharashtra Sahitya Parishad
  
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.
- Marathi ranks 4th in India based on the number of native speakers.
- Marathi language has borrowed plenty of loanwords from Urdu, Persian, Arabic and Sanskrit.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Konkani Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Marathi-Alphabet.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
हॅलो (Hĕlō)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
धन्यवाद (Dhan'yavāda)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
तू कसा आहेस? (Tū kasā āhēsa?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
शुभ रात्री (Śubha rātrī)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
चांगले संध्याकाळी (Cāṅgalē sandhyākāḷī)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
शुभ दुपार (Śubha dupāra)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
शुभ प्रभात (Śubha prabhāta)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
कृपया (Kr̥payā)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
क्षमस्व (Kṣamasva)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
बाय (Bāya)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
मी तुझ्यावर प्रेम करतो (Mī tujhyāvara prēma karatō)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
मला माफ करा (Malā māpha karā)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Maharashtrian Konkani
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Kokan
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
2,400,000.00
  
23
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Varhadi
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Vidarbha
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
7,000,000.00
  
12
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Khandeshi
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Khandesh
  
How Many People Speak
1,900,000.00
  
15
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
71.00 million
  
25
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
68.00 million
  
16
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
3.00 million
  
32
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
मराठी (marāṭhī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Maharashtra, Maharathi, Malhatee, Marthi, Muruthu
  
French Name
albanais
  
marathe
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Marathi
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[məˈɾaʈʰi]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Marathi people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
10th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Maharashtri Prakrit
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Marathi
  
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
  
mr
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
mar
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
mar
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
mar
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
mara1378
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
omr
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available