Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ethiopia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
Similar To
Romanian
Tigrinya and Oromo Languages
Derived From
-
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2931
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Ethiopic
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 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Selam
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
amesege'nallo'
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Dehina newot?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Dehna dur
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
melkam meshe't
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
i'ndemin walu
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
i'ndemin adäru
Please
Ju lutem
i'bakwon
Sorry
Me fal
aznallehu
Bye
mirupafshim
tschao
I Love You
unë e dua ju
afekirishalehu
Excuse Me
Më falni
yiqirta
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Gondar
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gondar
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0022,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Gojjami
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0022,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Showa
Where They Speak
Italy
Ethiopia
How Many People Speak
100,000.0022,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million18.70 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million25.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million10.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
አማርኛ
Alternative Names
Shqip
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
French Name
albanais
amharique
German Name
Albanisch
Amharisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[amarɨɲɲa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Amharas
Origin
1462 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Ethiopic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Ge'ez
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Amharic
Language Position
1455
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Amharic
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
am
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
amh
ISO 639 2/B
alb
amh
ISO 639 3
sqi
amh
ISO 639 6
sqi
amh
Glottocode
alba1267
amha1245
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
12-ACB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional