Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Nigeria
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Gambia, Nigeria
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Nigeria
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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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.
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
Similar To
Romanian
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3644
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
712
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
sannu
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
gode ku
How Are You?
Si jeni?
yaya dai
Good Night
natën e mirë
mai kyau dare
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
barka da yamma
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
barka da rana
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
mai kyau safe
Please
Ju lutem
Don Allah
Sorry
Me fal
yi hakuri
Bye
mirupafshim
sai anjima
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ina son ku
Excuse Me
Më falni
gafara dai
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Gaananci
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Ghana
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0050,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Kurhwayanci
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Niger
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00150,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Daragaram
Where They Speak
Italy
Niger
How Many People Speak
100,000.0050.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
420
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million50.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.52 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million35.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million15.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
French Name
albanais
haoussa
German Name
Albanisch
Haussa-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[hàʊsà]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Hausa–Fulani people
Origin
1462 AD
14
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Chadic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Hausa
Language Position
1434
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Hausa
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ha
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
hau
ISO 639 2/B
alb
hau
ISO 639 3
sqi
hau
ISO 639 6
sqi
hau
Glottocode
alba1267
haus1257
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
19-HAA-b
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional