Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
South Africa
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Namibia, South Africa
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
- Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
Similar To
Romanian
Dutch Language
Derived From
-
Dutch Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3632
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
715
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2917
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
hallo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Dankie
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Hoe gaan dit
Good Night
natën e mirë
goeie nag
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Goeienaand
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Goeie middag
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
goeie more
Please
Ju lutem
asseblief
Sorry
Me fal
jammer
Bye
mirupafshim
Totsiens
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ek het jou lief
Excuse Me
Më falni
Verskoon my
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kaapse Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
-
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.007,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Oranjeriverafrikaans
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
-
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.007,700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Baster Afrikaans
Where They Speak
Italy
Namibia
How Many People Speak
100,000.007.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million19.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million7.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million10.30 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Afrikaans
Alternative Names
Shqip
Cape Dutch
French Name
albanais
afrikaans
German Name
Albanisch
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Afrikaners
Origin
1462 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Germanic
Branch
-
Western
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Afrikaans
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
af
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
afr
ISO 639 2/B
alb
afr
ISO 639 3
sqi
afr
ISO 639 6
sqi
afrs
Glottocode
alba1267
afri1274
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
52-ACB-ba
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic