Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
West Java
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Indonesia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia
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.
- The Sundanese language is second most widely spoken regional language in Indonesia.
Similar To
Romanian
Madurese and Malay Languages
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin, Sundanese
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 weeks40 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Halo
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Nuhun
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kumaha kabarna?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Wilujeng kulem
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Wilujeng wengi
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Wilujeng siang
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Wilujeng énjing
Please
Ju lutem
Mangga
Sorry
Me fal
Hapunten
Bye
mirupafshim
Wilujeng angkat
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Abdi bogoh ka anjeun
Excuse Me
Më falni
Punten
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Western dialect
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Banten
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0040,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Northern dialect
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Bogor
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0040,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Priangan dialect
Where They Speak
Italy
Bandung
How Many People Speak
100,000.0040,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
46
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million39.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.57 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million38.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million39.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Basa Sunda
Alternative Names
Shqip
Priangan, Sunda
French Name
albanais
soundanais
German Name
Albanisch
Sundanesisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[sʊnˈdæniːs]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Sundanese, Bantenese, Cirebonese, Badui
Origin
1462 AD
5th century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
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Indonesian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Sundanese
Language Position
1442
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Sundanese Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
su
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
sun
ISO 639 2/B
alb
sun
ISO 639 3
sqi
sun
ISO 639 6
sqi
sun
Glottocode
alba1267
sund1251
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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