Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ukraine
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Ukraine
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
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia, Serbia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: Institute for the Ukrainian Language
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.
- Ukrainian Language is second most widespread among the Slavic languages after the Russian Language.
- Ukrainian Language is among the top three most melodious language in the world.
Similar To
Romanian
Russian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2922
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Ukrainian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
56
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Здравствуйте (Zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Дякую (Dyakuyu)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Як ти поживаєш? (Jak ty požyvajesh?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
На добраніч (Na dobranič)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Доброго вечора (Dobroho večora)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Доброго дня (Dobroho dnia)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Доброго ранку! (Dobroho ranku)
Please
Ju lutem
будь ласк
Sorry
Me fal
вибачте (vybachte)
Bye
mirupafshim
до побачення (do pobachennya)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
я тебе люблю (ya tebe lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Перепрошую! (Pereprošuju)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Podillian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
North Odessa Oblast, South Khmelnytskyi, South Vinnytsia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0042,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Volynian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Rivne, Volyn
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0044,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Steppe
Where They Speak
Italy
South Ukraine, Southeastern Ukraine
How Many People Speak
100,000.0042,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
415
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million39.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.46 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million39.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million30.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Українська (Ukrajins'ka)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Ukrayins'ka Mova
French Name
albanais
ukrainien
German Name
Albanisch
Ukrainisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ukrɑˈjiɲsʲkɐ ˈmɔwɐ]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Ukrainians
Origin
1462 AD
1561
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Eastern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old East Slavic, Ukrainian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Ukrainian
Language Position
1426
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Ukrainian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
uk
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
ukr
ISO 639 2/B
alb
ukr
ISO 639 3
sqi
ukr
ISO 639 6
sqi
ukr
Glottocode
alba1267
ukra1253
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-eda to 53-AAA-edq
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic