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Albanian
Albanian

Catalan
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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community

Total No. Of Countries

26
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain

Second Language

Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Spain

Speaking Continents

Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, 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.
  • Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
  • Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.

Similar To

Romanian
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3627
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2923
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

55
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks24 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
Hola

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
Gràcies

How Are You?

Si jeni?
Com estàs?

Good Night

natën e mirë
Bona nit

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
Bona nit

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
Bona tarda

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
Bon dia

Please

Ju lutem
Sisplau

Sorry

Me fal
Perdó!

Bye

mirupafshim
Adéu

I Love You

unë e dua ju
T'estimo

Excuse Me

Më falni
Dispensi!

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Caló

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
France, Portugal, Spain

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.00440,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Valencian

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Spain

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.002,400,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Ribagorçan

Where They Speak

Italy
Spain

How Many People Speak

100,000.004,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

48
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million9.20 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.12 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million4.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million5.10 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
català

Alternative Names

Shqip
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian

French Name

albanais
catalan; valencien

German Name

Albanisch
Katalanisch

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)

Ethnicity

Albanians
Catalan people

History

Origin

1462 AD
c. 1028

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Romance

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
Old Catalan

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian

Language Position

1432
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Catalan

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
ca

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
cat

ISO 639 2/B

alb
cat

ISO 639 3

sqi
cat

ISO 639 6

sqi
cat

Glottocode

alba1267
stan1289

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
51-AAA-e

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Albanian and Catalan Alphabets

Albanian and Catalan Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Catalan. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Catalan Alphabets there are 27 letters. To learn Albanian and Catalan languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Catalan languages. The Albanian phonology consist Albanian vowels and Albanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Albanian greetings vs Catalan greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Catalan are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Catalan 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 Catalan dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Catalan language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Catalan Dialects are spoken in different Catalan speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Catalan Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Catalan dialects include: Caló , Valencian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Catalan Speaking population

Albanian and Catalan speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Catalan languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Catalan Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Catalan language is 0.12 %. 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 Catalan on Albanian vs Catalan where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Catalan Language Codes

Albanian and Catalan language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Catalan Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.