Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
University of Sarajevo
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.
- South Slavic language group developed Bosnian Language.
- The muslim Bosnians are referred as "Bosniaks", who are the primary speakers of Bosnian language.
Similar To
Romanian
Serbian and Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2925
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Zdravo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Hvala
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kako si?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Laku noc
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Dobro veće
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Dobar dan
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Dobro jutro
Please
Ju lutem
molim vas
Sorry
Me fal
Oprostite
Bye
mirupafshim
Zbogom
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Volim te
Excuse Me
Më falni
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Shtokavian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bosnia, Croatia, Herzegovina, Hungary, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0013,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Chakavian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Croatia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00660,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kajkavian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
100,000.0021,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million3.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.13 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million3.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million20.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
bosanski / босански / بۉسانسقى
Alternative Names
Shqip
Bosanski Jezik
French Name
albanais
bosniaque
German Name
Albanisch
Bosnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[bɔ̌sanskiː]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Bosniaks
Origin
1462 AD
19th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Bosnian
Language Position
1424
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Bosnian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
bs
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
bos
ISO 639 2/B
alb
bos
ISO 639 3
sqi
bos
ISO 639 6
sqi
boss
Glottocode
alba1267
bosn1245
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
part of 53-AAA-g
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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