Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Spain
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
Similar To
Romanian
French Language
Derived From
Not Available
Latin
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Gracias
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Cómo estás?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Buenas Noches
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Bonne soirée
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Buenas Tardes
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Buenos Días
Please
Ju lutem
Por Favor
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Te Quiero
Excuse Me
Më falni
Discúlpeme
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Mexican Spanish
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Mexico
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Cuban Spanish
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Cuba
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Puerto Rican Spanish
Where They Speak
Italy
Puerto Rico
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Español
Alternative Names
Not Available
Castellano, Castilian, Español
French Name
albanais
espagnol; castillan
German Name
Albanisch
Spanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Not Available
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Romance
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Spanish and Spanish
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Spanish
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
stan1288
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
51-AAA-b
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic