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Albanian and Estonian


Estonian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Estonia, European Union  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Estonia, Gambia  

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  
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Institute of the Estonian Language  

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.
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  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Finnish  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
36  
18
27  
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
9  
6

How Many Consonants
29  
19
18  
8

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
2  
1

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
Tere  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
aitäh  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
kuidas sul läheb  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
Head ööd  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
Tere õhtust  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
Tere päevast  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
Tere hommikust  

Please
Ju lutem  
Palun  

Sorry
Me fal  
Vabandust  

Bye
mirupafshim  
Head aega  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
ma armastan sind  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
Vabandage  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Keskmurre  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Tartu  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
Georgia, South Estonia  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Idamurre  

Where They Speak
Italy  
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
1,300,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
8  
8

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.11 %  
99+
0.03 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
0.95 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
1.10 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
eesti keel  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
Eesti keel  

French Name
albanais  
estonien  

German Name
Albanisch  
Estnisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Estonians  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
13th century  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Uralic Family  

Subgroup
-  
Finno-Ugric  

Branch
-  
Finnic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Estonian  

Language Position
14  
13
22  
20

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
et  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
est  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
est  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
est  

ISO 639 6
sqi  
est  

Glottocode
alba1267  
esto1258  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
No data available  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Agglutinative  

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

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Albanian and Estonian Speaking population

Albanian and Estonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Estonian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Estonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 %. 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 Estonian on Albanian vs Estonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Estonian Language Codes

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

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