Countries
South Africa
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
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
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Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
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
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Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
-
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Namibia
Italy
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
Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
afri1274
alba1267
Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Analytic
Synthetic
All Afrikaans and Albanian Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Afrikaans and Albanian Speaking population
Afrikaans and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Albanian on Afrikaans vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Afrikaans and Albanian Language Codes
Afrikaans and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.