Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Latvia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Latvia
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
Latvian State Language Center
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 first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
Similar To
Romanian
Lithuanian Language
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Sveiki
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Paldies
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kā jums klājas?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Ar labunakti
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Labvakar
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Labdien
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Labrīt
Please
Ju lutem
lūdzu
Sorry
Me fal
Piedodiet!
Bye
mirupafshim
Uz redzēšanos
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Es tevi mīlu
Excuse Me
Më falni
Piedodiet!
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Livonian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Latvia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,500,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Middle Latvian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Latvia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
High Latvian
Where They Speak
Italy
France, Latvia
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million1.75 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.07 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million1.75 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
latviešu valoda
Alternative Names
Shqip
Lettish
French Name
albanais
letton
German Name
Albanisch
Lettisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈlætviən]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Latvians or Letts
Origin
1462 AD
1530
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Baltic
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Latvian
Language Position
149
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Latvian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
lv
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
lav
ISO 639 2/B
alb
lav
ISO 639 3
sqi
lav
ISO 639 6
sqi
lav
Glottocode
alba1267
latv1249
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
54-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic