1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
1.4 Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
1.8 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.
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
1.9 Similar To
1.10 Derived From
Not Available
Not Available
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Përshëndetje
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
3.2 Thank You
Ju faleminderit
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
3.3 How Are You?
Si jeni?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
3.4 Good Night
natën e mirë
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
3.5 Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
3.6 Good Afternoon
mirëdita
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
3.7 Good Morning
mirëmengjes
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Me fal
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
3.10 Bye
mirupafshim
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
3.11 I Love You
unë e dua ju
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
3.12 Excuse Me
Më falni
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Kongu
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00NA
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Madurai Tamil
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00NA
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Tirunelveli Tamil
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Italy
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
100,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.50 million78.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
3.10 million70.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.60 million8.00 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
தமிழ்
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Albanians
Tamil people or Tamilans
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Dravidian Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
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6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Tamil
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Tamil
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
7.5 Glottocode
alba1267
tami1289, oldt1248
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology