Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Hong Kong, Macau
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
China, Guangdong
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Hawaii
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Civil Service Bureau, Government of Hong Kong, Official Language Division
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.
- Cantonese have lot of slangs, many of them include words that do not make sense at all and some also have English in them.
- Even though Cantonese and Mandarin are dialects of Chinese, Cantonese has 8 tones instead of Mandarin's 4.
Similar To
Romanian
Chinese Language
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Cantonese-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Chinese Characters and derivatives
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
谢谢
How Are You?
Si jeni?
你好吗？
Good Night
natën e mirë
晚安
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
晚上好
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
下午好
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
早上好
I Love You
unë e dua ju
我爱你
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Guangzhou
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
outside mainland China
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Xiguan
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Hong Kong
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Hong Kong
Where They Speak
Italy
Hong Kong
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Kwang Tung Wa
Alternative Names
Shqip
Guangfu, Metropolitan Cantonese
French Name
albanais
cantonais
German Name
Albanisch
Kantonesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kʰɐn˧˥tʰœːn˧˥sɨ˧˥]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Han Chinese
Origin
1462 AD
17th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Sino-Tibetan Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Cantonese
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Cantonese
ISO 639 1
sq
No data available
ISO 639 3
sqi
No data available
Glottocode
alba1267
cant1236
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-
All Albanian and Cantonese Dialects
Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Cantonese dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Cantonese language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Cantonese Dialects are spoken in different Cantonese speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Cantonese Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Cantonese dialects include: Guangzhou , Xiguan. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.
Albanian and Cantonese Speaking population
Albanian and Cantonese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Cantonese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Cantonese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Cantonese language is 16.00 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Cantonese on Albanian vs Cantonese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Cantonese Language Codes
Albanian and Cantonese language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Cantonese Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.