Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Galicia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Galicia
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Royal Galician Academy (Real Academia Galega)
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.
- In Galician language, there are no compound tenses.
- The earliest document in Galician language was written in 1228 which was legal charter for a municipality of Galicia.
Similar To
Romanian
Portuguese Language
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3623
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks28 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Ola
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Grazas
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Que tal estás?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Boas noites
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Boa tarde
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Boa tarde
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Bos días
Please
Ju lutem
Por favor
Sorry
Me fal
Síntoo!
Bye
mirupafshim
Adeus
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ámote
Excuse Me
Më falni
Perdoe!
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Eastern Galician
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
East Galicia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.002,700,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Central Galician
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Central Galicia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Western Galician
Where They Speak
Italy
West Galicia
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million2.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million2.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million3.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Galego
Alternative Names
Shqip
Galego, Gallego
French Name
albanais
galicien
German Name
Albanisch
Galicisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ɡaˈleɣo]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Galician people
Origin
1462 AD
c. 1175
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Medieval Galician
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Galician
Language Position
1446
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Galician Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
gl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
glg
ISO 639 2/B
alb
glg
ISO 639 3
sqi
glg
ISO 639 6
sqi
glg
Glottocode
alba1267
gali1258
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
51-AAA-ab
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
-