Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
26
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Moldova, Romania
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Kazakhstan, Russia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
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.
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
Similar To
Romanian
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Derived From
-
Latin
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
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 weeks24 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
alo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
multumesc
How Are You?
Si jeni?
ce mai faci?
Good Night
natën e mirë
noapte Buna
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
buna Seara
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
buna Ziua
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
bună Dimineața
Please
Ju lutem
Vă Rog
Sorry
Me fal
scuze
Bye
mirupafshim
La revedere
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Te iubesc
Excuse Me
Më falni
Scuza-Ma
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Aromanian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00250,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Megleno-Romanian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.005,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Istro-Romanian
Where They Speak
Italy
Croatia
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,400.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
410
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.37 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million24.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million4.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Română
Alternative Names
Shqip
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
French Name
albanais
roumain; moldave
German Name
Albanisch
Rumänisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[roˈmɨnə]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Romanians
Origin
1462 AD
1521
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Proto-Romanian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Romanian
Language Position
1436
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Romanian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ro
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
ron
ISO 639 2/B
alb
rum
ISO 639 3
sqi
ron
ISO 639 6
sqi
ron
Glottocode
alba1267
roma1327
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
51-AAD-c
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic