1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Afganistan
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Afganistan, Pakistan, Pashtun diaspora
1.4 Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Pakistan
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan, Pashto Academy (Pakistan)
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.
- Pashto language is originated in the regions of Paktika and Paktia areas of Afghanistan.
- The first Pashto poem was written in the 7th century.
1.9 Similar To
Romanian
Persian and Balochi Languages
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
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
Përshëndetje
(salaam) سلام
3.2 Thank You
Ju faleminderit
(manana) مننه (tashakor) تشكر
3.3 How Are You?
Si jeni?
(ta sanga yee?) څنگه يې؟
3.4 Good Night
natën e mirë
(shpa mo pa kheyr) شپه مو په خير
3.5 Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
(maakhaam mo pa kheyr) ماښام مو په خير
3.6 Good Afternoon
mirëdita
(wradz mo pa kheyr) ورځ مو په خير
3.7 Good Morning
mirëmengjes
(sahr pikheyr) سحر پخير
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
Me fal
(zeh mutaasif yum) زه هتاسف يم
3.10 Bye
mirupafshim
(da khoday pa amaan) دخداى په امان
3.11 I Love You
unë e dua ju
زه ستا سره مينه کوم (za la ta sara meena kawom)
3.12 Excuse Me
Më falni
(bakhena ghwaarum) بخښنه غواړم
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Central Pashto
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Northern Pashto
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
Italy
Afganistan, Pakistan
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
100,000.0095,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.50 million60.00 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
3.10 million60.00 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
(paṧto) پښتو
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Kandahar Pashto, Qandahar Pashto, Southwestern Pashto, Pushto
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈpəʂt̪oː], [ˈpʊxt̪oː]
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Not Available
Indo-Iranian
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Central Pashto, Northern Pashto, Yusufzai Pashto, Southern Pashto
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Not Available
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
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
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