Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe
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
Not spoken in any of the countries
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.
- Shona language is tonal language.
- The African people in Zimbabwe is made of 10 ethnic groups, each speaking a different languages, shona is spoken by 60 percent of population.
Similar To
Romanian
Kalanga and Nambya Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3637
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2946
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Mhoro
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Waita zvako
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Wakadini zvako?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Urare zvakanaka
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Manheru
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Masikati
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Mangwanani
Please
Ju lutem
Ndinokumbirawo
Sorry
Me fal
Ndineurombo
Bye
mirupafshim
bye
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ndinokuda
Excuse Me
Më falni
Pamusoro
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Hwesa
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0011,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Karanga
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
southern Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,100,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Zezuru
Where They Speak
Italy
central Zimbabwe, Mashonaland
How Many People Speak
100,000.0016.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
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 %0.13 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million8.30 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million16.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
chiShona
Alternative Names
Shqip
Chishona, “Swina” (pej.), Zezuru
French Name
albanais
shona
German Name
Albanisch
Schona-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ʃoːna]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Shona people
Origin
1462 AD
20th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Shona and Middle Shona
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Shona
Language Position
14107
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Shona
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
sn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
sna
ISO 639 2/B
alb
sna
ISO 639 3
sqi
sna
ISO 639 6
sqi
sna
Glottocode
alba1267
core1255
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUT-a
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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