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Albanian

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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Serbia, Slovakia

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, 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
Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovakia

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Board for Standardization of the Serbian 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.
  • Serbian language was derived from the Old Church Salvic, as the language was commonly spoken by most of Slavic people in the 9th Century.
  • Serbian language is based on Stokavian dialect.

Similar To

Romanian
Bosnian and Croatian Languages

Derived From

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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3630
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2925
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Cyrillic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

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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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
Здраво (Zdravo)

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
Хвала лепо (Hvala lepo)

How Are You?

Si jeni?
Како си? (Kako si?)

Good Night

natën e mirë
Лаку ноћ (Laku noć)

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
Добро вече (Dobro veče)

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
Добар дан (Dobar dan)

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
Добро јутро (Dobro jutro)

Please

Ju lutem
Молим (Molim)

Sorry

Me fal
Жао ми је (Žao mi je)

Bye

mirupafshim
Довиђења (Doviđenja)

I Love You

unë e dua ju
Волим те (Volim te)

Excuse Me

Më falni
Извините (Izvinite)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Prizren-Timok

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Southeastern Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Smederevo–Vršac

Where They Speak

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

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0012,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Torlakian

Where They Speak

Italy
Bulgaria, France, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia

How Many People Speak

100,000.001,500,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

43
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million8.70 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.13 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million8.70 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million12.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
српски (srpski) српски језик (srpski jezik)

Alternative Names

Shqip
Montenegrin

French Name

albanais
serbe

German Name

Albanisch
Serbisch

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[sr̩̂pskiː]

Ethnicity

Albanians
Serbs

History

Origin

1462 AD
11th Century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Standard Serbian

Language Position

1444
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Srpski Znakovni Jezik (SZJ)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
sr

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
srp

ISO 639 2/B

alb
srp

ISO 639 3

sqi
srp

ISO 639 6

sqi
srp

Glottocode

alba1267
serb1264

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-g

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
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Albanian and Serbian Alphabets

Albanian and Serbian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Serbian. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Serbian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Albanian and Serbian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Serbian 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 Serbian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Serbian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Serbian 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 Serbian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Serbian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Serbian Dialects are spoken in different Serbian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Serbian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Serbian dialects include: Prizren-Timok , Smederevo–Vršac. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Serbian Speaking population

Albanian and Serbian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Serbian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Serbian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Serbian language is 0.13 %. 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 Serbian on Albanian vs Serbian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Serbian Language Codes

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