Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
France, Spain
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
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
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
Similar To
Romanian
Spanish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Kaixo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Eskerrik asko
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Zer moduz?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Gabon
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Arratsalde on
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Arratsalde on
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Egun on
Please
Ju lutem
Mesedez
Sorry
Me fal
Barkatu
Bye
mirupafshim
Agur
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Maite zaitut
Excuse Me
Më falni
Barkatu
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Navarro-Lapurdian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
France
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0068,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Souletin
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
France, Soule, Spain
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.008,700.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Biscayan
Where They Speak
Italy
Spain
How Many People Speak
100,000.00750,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million7.20 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.12 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million7.20 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Euskara
Alternative Names
Shqip
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
French Name
albanais
basque
German Name
Albanisch
Baskisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[bɑːsk]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Basque people
Origin
1462 AD
c. 1000
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Vasconic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Basque
Language Position
1430
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Basque Sign Language
Scope
Individual
-
ISO 639 1
sq
eu
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
eus
ISO 639 2/B
alb
baq
ISO 639 3
sqi
eus
ISO 639 6
sqi
eus
Glottocode
alba1267
basq1248
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
40-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative