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Albanian
Albanian

Lithuanian
Lithuanian



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Albanian and Lithuanian

Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Lithuania

Total No. Of Countries

22
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Lithuania

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
Poland

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Commission of the Lithuanian 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.
  • Lithuanian has many loanwords that originate from Slavic, Germanic and other Baltic languages.
  • "Catheciusmus" is the oldest known book in Lithuanian language in 1547.

Similar To

Romanian
Latvian

Derived From

-
-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3632
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

712
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2920
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
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
Sveiki

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
Ačiū

How Are You?

Si jeni?
Kaip sekasi?

Good Night

natën e mirë
Labanakt

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
Labas vakaras

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
Laba diena

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
Labas rytas

Please

Ju lutem
Prašom

Sorry

Me fal
atsiprašau

Bye

mirupafshim
Ate

I Love You

unë e dua ju
Aš myliu tave

Excuse Me

Më falni
Atsiprašau

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Samogitian

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.00500,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Aukštaitian

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.003,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Curonian

Where They Speak

Italy
Lithuania

How Many People Speak

100,000.003,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

410
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million3.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.07 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million3.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million3.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
lietuvių kalba

Alternative Names

Shqip
Lietuvi, Lietuviskai, Litauische, Litewski, Litovskiy

French Name

albanais
lituanien

German Name

Albanisch
Litauisch

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[ˌlɪθuˈeɪniən]

Ethnicity

Albanians
Lithuanians

History

Origin

1462 AD
c. 1503

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
Baltic

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Lithuanian

Language Position

1444
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Lithuanian Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
lt

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
lit

ISO 639 2/B

alb
lit

ISO 639 3

sqi
lit

ISO 639 6

sqi
lit

Glottocode

alba1267
lith1251

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
54-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Synthetic

Albanian and Lithuanian Alphabets

Albanian and Lithuanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Lithuanian. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Lithuanian Alphabets there are 32 letters. To learn Albanian and Lithuanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Lithuanian languages. The Albanian phonology consist Albanian vowels and Albanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Albanian greetings vs Lithuanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Lithuanian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Lithuanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Lithuanian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Lithuanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Lithuanian Dialects are spoken in different Lithuanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Lithuanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Lithuanian dialects include: Samogitian , Aukštaitian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Lithuanian Speaking population

Albanian and Lithuanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Lithuanian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Lithuanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Lithuanian language is 0.07 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Lithuanian on Albanian vs Lithuanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Lithuanian Language Codes

Albanian and Lithuanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Lithuanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.