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Albanian
Albanian

Swahili
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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya

Total No. Of Countries

24
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania

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
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)

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.
  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.

Similar To

Romanian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages

Derived From

-
Arabic Language

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

75
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2921
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

53
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks36 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
Habari

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
Asante

How Are You?

Si jeni?
Habari gani?

Good Night

natën e mirë
Usiku mwema

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
Habari za jioni

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
nzuri Alasiri

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
Habari za asubuhi

Please

Ju lutem
tafadhali

Sorry

Me fal
pole

Bye

mirupafshim
bye

I Love You

unë e dua ju
nakupenda

Excuse Me

Më falni
Samahani

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Kiunguja

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Zanzibar island

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.0075,000,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Kimrima

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dar es Salaam

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0075,000,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Kimgao

Where They Speak

Italy
Kilwa

How Many People Speak

100,000.0075,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

412
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million150.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.42 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million15.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million75.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
Kiswahili

Alternative Names

Shqip
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili

French Name

albanais
swahili

German Name

Albanisch
Swahili

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[swaˈhili]

Ethnicity

Albanians
Swahili people or Waswahili

History

Origin

1462 AD
6th century

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family

Subgroup

-
Benue-Congo

Branch

-
Bantu

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
No early forms

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Swahili

Language Position

1421
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Swahili Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual, Macrolanguage

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
sw

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
swa

ISO 639 2/B

alb
swa

ISO 639 3

sqi
swa

ISO 639 6

sqi
swa

Glottocode

alba1267
swah1254

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
99-AUS-m

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
-

Albanian and Swahili Alphabets

Albanian and Swahili Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Swahili. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Swahili Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Albanian and Swahili languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Swahili 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 Swahili greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Swahili are Most Spoken Languages.

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

Albanian and Swahili Speaking population

Albanian and Swahili speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Swahili languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Swahili Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Swahili language is 0.42 %. 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 Swahili on Albanian vs Swahili where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Swahili Language Codes

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