1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Madagascar
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Comoros, Madagascar, Mayotte
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
1.4 Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
1.7 Regulated By
Not Available
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
1.8 Interesting Facts
- Malagasy language was originated in southeast Asia, since it shares several common words and meanings with Indonesian Languages.
- About 93% of the basic vocabulary is of Malayo-Polynesian origin in Malagasy language.
- 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.
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
Not Available
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
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
Manao ahoana e
mirëmbrëma
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
Maraina tsara
mirëmengjes
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
Tiako ianao.
unë e dua ju
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
Eastern Malagasy
Gheg Albanian
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Merina
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
5,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
Western Malagasy
Tosk Albanian
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Sakalava
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,200,000.001,800,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
NA100,000.00
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
18.00 million3.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
5.3.2 Native Name
Fiteny Malagasy
shqip / gjuha shqipe
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Malagasy Sign Language
Not Available
5.3.4 French Name
5.3.5 German Name
Malagassi-Sprache
Albanisch
5.4 Pronunciation
5.5 Ethnicity
Malagasy people
Albanians
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
Austronesian
Not Available
6.2.2 Branch
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
6.3.2 Standard Forms
standard Malagasy
Standard Albanian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Not Available
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
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
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Object-Subject
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology