diff --git a/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/messages_sq.properties b/src/main/java/org/joda/time/format/messages_sq.properties
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+PeriodFormat.space=\ 
+PeriodFormat.comma=,
+PeriodFormat.commandand=,dhe
+PeriodFormat.commaspaceand=, dhe
+PeriodFormat.commaspace=, 
+PeriodFormat.spaceandspace=\ dhe 
+PeriodFormat.year=\ vit
+PeriodFormat.years=\ vjet
+PeriodFormat.month=\ muaj
+PeriodFormat.months=\ muaj
+PeriodFormat.week=\ jav\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.weeks=\ jav\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.day=\ dit\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.days=\ dit\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.hour=\ or\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.hours=\ or\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.minute=\ minut\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.minutes=\ minuta
+PeriodFormat.second=\ sekond\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.seconds=\ sekonda
+PeriodFormat.millisecond=\ milisekond\u00EB
+PeriodFormat.milliseconds=\ milisekonda