Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Nepal
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Nepal
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Nepal
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
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.
- Earlier, Maithili language was considered as the dialect of Hindi and Bengali, however in the year 2003 Maithili achieved an independent language status in India.
- Maithili has rich literature.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Bhojpuri Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Maithili-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
How Many Consonants
Not Available
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Devanagari
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Language Levels
Not Available
  
Time Taken to Learn
Not Available
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
pranam
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
dhanyabad
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Aahan kehan chhi ?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Śubharātri
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
shubh sandhya
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
dopahar ke bad namaskar
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Suprabhaat
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
kripaya
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
maf karai
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Alavidā
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
hawm ahāṃ se prem karechi
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
kripaya
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Tharuwat
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Nepal
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Madhubani
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
North India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Khortha
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Deoghar, France
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
32.00 million
  
35
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
27.00 million
  
30
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
2.80 million
  
33
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
मैथिली (mɛtʰilī)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Apabhramsa, Bihari, Maitili, Maitli, Methli, Tirahutia, Tirhuti, Tirhutia
  
French Name
albanais
  
maithili
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Maithili
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Maithil
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
14th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Maithili
  
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
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
mai
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
mai
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
mai
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
mait1250
  
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
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Maithili Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Maithili greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Maithili language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Maithili word for "Thank You" is dhanyabad. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Maithili Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Maithili Difficulty
The Albanian vs Maithili difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Maithili Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Maithili are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Maithili, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Maithili time required is Not Available.