Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
South Africa
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
👆🏻
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
South Africa
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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
Pan South African Language Board
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 meaning of word "Zulu" means "Sky"and Zulu was the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670.
- Zulu language has many loanwords borrowed from Afrikaans and English Languages.
Similar To
Romanian
Xhosa Language
Derived From
-
-
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Qwabe
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gabon, South Africa
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0028,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
central KwaZulu-Natal Zulu
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Georgia, South Africa
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0028,000,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Ndebele
Where They Speak
Italy
Zimbabwe
How Many People Speak
100,000.0028,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻