Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Malta
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malta
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
Australia, Canada, Italy, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
National Council for the Maltese 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.
- Maltese language is the only semitic language written in Latin characters.
- Maltese language has borrowed many loan words from English, Italian and French.
Similar To
Romanian
Western Arabic Dialects
Derived From
-
Roman Languages
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2924
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Ħello
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Grazzi
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kif int?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Il-Lejla it-tajba
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Wara nofs in-nar it-tajjeb
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
L-għodwa t-tajba
Please
Ju lutem
Jekk jogħġbok
Sorry
Me fal
Skużani!
Bye
mirupafshim
Ċaw
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Inħobbok ħafna
Excuse Me
Më falni
Skużi!
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Qormi
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Malta
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00520,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Żejtun
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Malta
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Not Present
Where They Speak
Italy
-
How Many People Speak
100,000.00500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million0.52 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.02 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million0.52 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million0.50 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Malti
Alternative Names
Shqip
Malti
French Name
albanais
maltais
German Name
Albanisch
Maltesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[mɔːltiːz]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Maltese
Origin
1462 AD
c. 1470
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
-
Semitic
Branch
-
North Abric
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Maltese
Language Position
1425
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Maltese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
mt
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mlt
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mlt
ISO 639 3
sqi
mlt
ISO 639 6
sqi
mlt
Glottocode
alba1267
malt1254
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
12-AAC-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic