Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Macedonia
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
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
Albania, Romania, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"
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.
- There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
- The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
Similar To
Romanian
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2926
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Здраво (Zdravo)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Благодарам (Blagodaram)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Како си? (Kako si?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Добар ден (Dobar den)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ju lutem
Ве молиме (Ve molime)
Sorry
Me fal
жал (žal)
Bye
mirupafshim
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001.50
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Debar
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
100,000.002,100,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
428
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million2.50 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.05 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million2.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic
French Name
albanais
macédonien
German Name
Albanisch
Makedonisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Macedonians
Origin
1462 AD
2200 BC
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Macedonian
Language Position
1445
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Macedonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
mk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mkd
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mac
ISO 639 3
sqi
mkd
ISO 639 6
sqi
mkd
Glottocode
alba1267
mace1250
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-ha
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic