Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Pakistan
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Pakistan
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, United States of America
  
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.
- Punjabi is 2nd most spoken in United Kingdom and 4th most spoken in Canada.
- Punjabi is tonal language, by using various tones Punjabi speakers are able to differentiate between words.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Hindi Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Punjabi-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Gurmukhi, Shahmukhi
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (namaskar)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ਸ਼ੁਕਰੀਆ (shukrīā)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
ਤੁਹਾਡਾ ਕੀ ਹਾਲ ਹੈ? (tuhāḍā kī hāl he?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
ਸ਼ੁੱਭ ਰਾਤਰੀ (shubh rātri)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
ਨਮਸਕਾਰ (Namasakāra)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
ਸਤ ਸੀ੍ ਅਕਾਲ (Sat sri akaal)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ (kirpā karkē)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
ਖਿਮਾ/ਮਾਫ਼ ਕਰੋ ਜੀ। (kimā)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
ਫਿਰ ਮਿਲਾੰਗੇ (Fair milaange)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪਿਆਰ ਕਰਦਾ ਹਾਂ। (mẽ tenū̃ piār kardā hā̃)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
ਵੇਖੋ ਜੀ। (vēkhō jī)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Pothohari
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
2,500,000.00
  
22
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Saraiki
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Afganistan, India, Pakistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
20,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Doabi
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Pakistan, Punjab, India
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
154.30 million
  
12
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
100.00 million
  
11
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
54.30 million
  
12
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, پنجابی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Lahanda, Lahnda, Lahndi, Lahori, Majhi, Gurmukhi, Gurumukhi, Panjabi
  
French Name
albanais
  
pendjabi
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Pandschabi-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Availble
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Punjabis
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1000 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Indic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Shauraseni, Kaikeyi
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Modern Punjabi
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Indian Signing System (ISS)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
pa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
pan
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
pan
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
pan
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
panj1256
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional