Countries
South Africa
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
South Africa
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Namibia, South Africa
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
- 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
Dutch Language
Romanian
Derived From
Dutch Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3236
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
157
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
1729
9
60
👆🏻
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
hallo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Dankie
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit
Si jeni?
Good Night
goeie nag
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Goeienaand
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Goeie middag
mirëdita
Good Morning
goeie more
mirëmengjes
Please
asseblief
Ju lutem
Sorry
jammer
Me fal
Bye
Totsiens
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ek het jou lief
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Verskoon my
Më falni
Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
-
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
-
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
7,700,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Namibia
Italy
How Many People Speak
7.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
19.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.10 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
10.30 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afrikaans
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Cape Dutch
Shqip
French Name
afrikaans
albanais
German Name
Afrikaans
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Afrikaners
Albanians
Origin
17th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Germanic
-
Branch
Western
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Albanian
Language Position
2314
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
af
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
afr
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
afr
alb
ISO 639 3
afr
sqi
ISO 639 6
afrs
sqi
Glottocode
afri1274
alba1267
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic