Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Andra Pradesh, India, Telangana, Yanam
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Andra Pradesh, India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Karnataka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Odisha, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Telugu Academy and Official Language Commission of Government of Andhra Pradesh
  
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.
- Telugu is the only language in the Eastern world that has every single word that ends with a vowel sound. Telugu language is called "Italian of the East".
- Telugu is one of the oldest language in India which is 2,400 years old.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Tamil
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Sanskrit Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Telugu-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Telugu Script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
హలో (Halō)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ధన్యవాదాలు (Dhan'yavādālu)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
నువ్వు ఎలా ఉన్నావు? (Nuvvu elā unnāvu?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
శుభ రాత్రి (Śubha rātri)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
శుభ సాయంత్రం (Śubha sāyantraṁ)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
శుభ మద్యాహ్నం (Śubha madyāhnaṁ)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
శుభోదయం (Śubhōdayaṁ)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
దయచేసి (Dayacēsi)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
క్షమించాలి (Kṣamin̄cāli)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
బై (Bai)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
నేను నిన్ను ప్రేమిస్తున్నాను (Nēnu ninnu prēmistunnānu)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
క్షమించండి (Kṣamin̄caṇḍi)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Waddar
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Chenchu
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Andra Pradesh, Karnataka, Orissa
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Manna-Dora
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Andra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
80.00 million
  
20
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
5.00 million
  
29
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
తెలుగు (telugu)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Andhra, Gentoo, Tailangi, Telangire, Telegu, Telgi, Tengu, Terangi, Tolangan
  
French Name
albanais
  
télougou
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Telugu-Sprache
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Telugu people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 575
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Dravidian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Early Telugu epigraphy
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Telugu
  
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
  
te
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
tel
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
tel
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
tel
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
telu1262
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available