Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Israel
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Israel
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Israel
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Poland
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Academy of the Hebrew 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.
- The original language of Bible is Hebrew.
- The men and women use different verbs in hebrew language.
Similar To
Romanian
Arabic and Aramaic languages
Derived From
-
Aramaic Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3622
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
70
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2922
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hebrew
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
שלום (Shalom)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
תודה (Toda)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
מה שלומך? (ma shlomxa)
Good Night
natën e mirë
לילה טוב (Laila tov)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
ערב טוב (Erev tov)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
אחר צהריים טובים (Achar tzahara'im tovim)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
בוקר טוב (Boker tov)
Please
Ju lutem
בבקשה (bevekshah)
Sorry
Me fal
סליחה! (Slicha)
Bye
mirupafshim
להתראות (Lehitraot)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
אני אוהבת אותך (Ani ohevet otcha)
Excuse Me
Më falni
בבקשה!
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Ashkenazi Hebrew
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Israel
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Samaritan Hebrew
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Israel, Palestine
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Yemenite Hebrew
Where They Speak
Italy
Israel
How Many People Speak
100,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
47
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million9.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million4.40 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million5.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
עברית / עִבְרִית (ivrit)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Israeli, Ivrit
French Name
albanais
hébreu
German Name
Albanisch
Hebräisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[(ʔ)ivˈʁit] - [(ʔ)ivˈɾit]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Hebrew-speaking people
Origin
1462 AD
1000 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
Canaanitic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Biblical Hebrew, Mishnaic Hebrew, Medieval Hebrew, Hebrew
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Hebrew
Language Position
1423
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Hebrew
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
he
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
heb
ISO 639 2/B
alb
heb
ISO 639 3
sqi
heb
ISO 639 6
sqi
heb
Glottocode
alba1267
hebr1246
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
12-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object, Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic