Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ethiopia, Kenya
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ethiopia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Somalia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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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.
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
Similar To
Romanian
Somali Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3634
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
710
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
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
akkam
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Galatoomi
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Nagayattii buli
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Akkam waarite
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Attam oolte / ooltan
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Attam bulte/bultan
Please
Ju lutem
Maaloo
Sorry
Me fal
naa dhiisi
Bye
mirupafshim
Nagayattii!
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Sin jaaladha
Excuse Me
Më falni
Maaloo na dabarsi
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Borana
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Ethiopia, Kenya
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.004,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Orma
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Kenya
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0066,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Wata
Where They Speak
Italy
Kenya
How Many People Speak
100,000.0013,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
417
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million25.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.36 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million24.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million35.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Afaan Oromo
Alternative Names
Shqip
Afaan Oromoo
French Name
albanais
galla
German Name
Albanisch
Galla-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ɔrɔmɔ]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Oromos
Origin
1462 AD
16
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Subgroup
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Cushitic
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Afaan Oromo
Language Position
1491
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Oromo Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
om
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
orm
ISO 639 2/B
alb
orm
ISO 639 3
sqi
orm
ISO 639 6
sqi
orm
Glottocode
alba1267
nucl1736
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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