Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ghana, Ivory coast
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ghana
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Benin, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Akan Orthography 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.
- Ghana has over 100 ethnic groups living, and Akan is one of the largest tribe.
- Akan language came in South America, notably Suriname and Jamaica through slave trade.
Similar To
Romanian
Ewe and Ga-Dangme Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3621
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2916
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
ete-sen
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
meda ase
How Are You?
Si jeni?
wo ho te sɛn?
Good Night
natën e mirë
maadwo
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
maadwo
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
maaha
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
maakye
Please
Ju lutem
wae
Sorry
Me fal
Kafra
Bye
mirupafshim
bye
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Me doכ wo
Excuse Me
Më falni
mepa wo kyɛw
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Asante
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.009,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Akuapem
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Ghana
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Fante
Where They Speak
Italy
Ghana
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,900,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million11.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million11.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million21.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Akan
Alternative Names
Shqip
Twi, Fante
French Name
albanais
akan
German Name
Albanisch
Akan-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈaːkã]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Akan people
Origin
1462 AD
15
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Akan
Language Position
14104
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Akan Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
ak
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
aka
ISO 639 2/B
alb
aka
ISO 639 3
sqi
aka
ISO 639 6
sqi
aka
Glottocode
alba1267
akan1251
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-