Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
India, Manipur
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Assam, Manipur, Tripura
  
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.
- Meithei Language is currently classified as a vulnerable language by UNESCO.
- The oldest document in Methei language was dated back in 8th century were inscriptions on the copper plate.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Bengali, Odia, Maithili and Meithei Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Meithei-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Bengali
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Khurumjari
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Yamna nungaijare
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Nung_ngai_biribra adombo?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Athengba Ahing
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Not Available
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Not Available
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Nongale haugatl
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Chanbiduna
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Saobiganu
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Chatcharage
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Eina nangbu nungsi
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Not Available
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Loi
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Burma, Laos
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Pangal
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Bangladesh, India
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Meithei proper
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bangladesh, Burma, Northeast India
  
How Many People Speak
1,250,000.00
  
19
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
1.50 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
মৈইতৈইলোন
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kathe, Kathi, Manipuri, Meiteilon, Meiteiron, Meithe, Meitei, Menipuri, Mitei, Mithe, Ponna
  
French Name
albanais
  
Meithei
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Meithei
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
Not Available
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Meithei people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1700
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Sino-Tibetan Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Tibeto-Burman
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Meithei
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
No data available
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
mni
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
mni
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
mni
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
mani1292
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
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Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
Albanian and Meithei 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 Meithei greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Meithei language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Meithei word for "Thank You" is Yamna nungaijare. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Meithei Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Meithei Difficulty
The Albanian vs Meithei difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Meithei 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 Meithei are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Meithei, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Meithei time required is 44 weeks.