Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Ireland
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ireland
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Ireland
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Foras na Gaeilge
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 Irish language, there are no exact words for "yes" or "no".
- There are different set of numbers for counting humans and another set for counting non-humans in Irish Language.
Similar To
Romanian
Scottish Gaelic and Welsh Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3618
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2913
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
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks36 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Dia dhuit
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Go raibh maith agat
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Conas atá tú ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Oíche mhaith
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Tráthnóna maith duit
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Dia dhuit ar maidin
Please
Ju lutem
le do thoil
Sorry
Me fal
Tá brón orm
Bye
mirupafshim
Slán
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Is breá liom thú
Excuse Me
Më falni
Gabh mo leithscéal
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Connacht Irish
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Connacht
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00100,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Munster Irish
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Munster
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00150,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Ulster Irish
Where They Speak
Italy
Ulster
How Many People Speak
100,000.00140,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million1.79 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million0.14 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million1.65 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Gaeilge (na hÉireann) / An Ghaeilge
Alternative Names
Shqip
Erse, Gaeilge, Gaelic Irish
French Name
albanais
irlandais moyen
German Name
Albanisch
Mittelirisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈɡeːlʲɟə]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Irish people
Origin
1462 AD
c. 750
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Goidelic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Primitive Irish, Old Irish, Middle Irish, Classical Irish, Irish
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
An Caighdeán Oifigiúil
Language Position
1425
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Irish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ga
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
gle
ISO 639 2/B
alb
gle
ISO 639 3
sqi
gle
ISO 639 6
sqi
gle
Glottocode
alba1267
iris1253
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
50-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional