Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
European Union, Slovenia
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
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
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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.
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
Similar To
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3625
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
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
52
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Halo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Hvala
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kako se imate?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Lahko noč
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Dober večer
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Dober dan
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Dobro jutro
Please
Ju lutem
Prosim
Sorry
Me fal
Oprostite
Bye
mirupafshim
Nasvidenje
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ljubim te
Excuse Me
Më falni
Oprostite
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Prekmurje Slovene
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Hungary, Slovenia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0080,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Resian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,500,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Styrian
Where They Speak
Italy
Slovenia
How Many People Speak
100,000.002,500,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
448
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million2.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million2.50 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million2.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Slovenščina
Alternative Names
Shqip
Slovenian, Slovenscina
French Name
albanais
slovène
German Name
Albanisch
Slowenisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Slovenes
Origin
1462 AD
972-1093
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Slovene
Language Position
1428
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Slovene Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
sl
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
slv
ISO 639 2/B
alb
slv
ISO 639 3
sqi
slv
ISO 639 6
sqi
slv
Glottocode
alba1267
slov1268
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-f
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
-
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional