Countries
Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Malaysia
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Indonesia
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Thailand
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- One of the most politically powerful language historically is Malaysian Language.
- Malaysian earliest known inscriptions were found in South of Sumatra way back in 683-6 AD.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Indonesian Language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Tamil Language
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Malaysian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Not Available
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Hai
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
terima kasih
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Apa khabar?
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Selamat Malam
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Selamat Petang
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Selamat tengah hari
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Selamat pagi
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
sila
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
maaf
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Selamat tinggal
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Saya sayang kamu
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Maafkan saya
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Bengkulu
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Bengkulu Province, Sumatra
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
1,600,000.00
  
25
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Pekal
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Musi
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Indonesia
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
3,100,000.00
  
11
How Many People Speak?
175.00 million
  
10
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
77.00 million
  
12
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
98.00 million
  
8
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Bahasa melayu
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
French Name
malais
  
albanais
  
German Name
Malaiisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[baˈhasə malajˈsiə]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
c. 683 AD
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Austronesian Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Ancient Malay, Old Malay, Pre-Modern MalayClassical Malay,
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Malay
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Malaysian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
ms
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
msa
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
may
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
zsm
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
stan1306
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
No data available
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Not Available
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
  
Synthetic
  
Malaysian and Albanian 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 Malaysian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Malaysian and Albanian language. Malaysian word for "Hello" is Hai or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Malaysian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Malaysian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Malaysian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Malaysian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Malaysian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Malaysian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Malaysian is 36 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.