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Albanian Language

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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

2
Rank: 13 (Overall)
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Europe

Minority Language

Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

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.

Similar To

Romanian

Derived From

-

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

36
Rank: 18 (Overall)
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

7
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 32
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How Many Consonants

29
Rank: 19 (Overall)
9 60
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Scripts

Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

5
Rank: 4 (Overall)
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks
Rank: 17 (Overall)
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje

Thank You

Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

Si jeni?

Good Night

natën e mirë

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

mirëdita

Good Morning

mirëmengjes

Please

Ju lutem

Sorry

Me fal

Bye

mirupafshim

I Love You

unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.00
Rank: 50 (Overall)
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.00
Rank: 57 (Overall)
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh

Where They Speak

Italy

How Many People Speak

100,000.00
Rank: 69 (Overall)
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

4
Rank: 4 (Overall)
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million
Rank: 63 (Overall)
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %
Rank: 56 (Overall)
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million
Rank: 73 (Overall)
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million
Rank: 53 (Overall)
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Shqip

French Name

albanais

German Name

Albanisch

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Albanians

History

Origin

1462 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-

Branch

-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian

Language Position

14
Rank: 13 (Overall)
1 120
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Signed Forms

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

Scope

Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi

ISO 639 2/B

alb

ISO 639 3

sqi

ISO 639 6

sqi

Glottocode

alba1267

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic

Origin of Albanian language

In order to communicate with each other, the origin of language was the essential part. Various languages are spoken all over the world. Albanian language is one of the Most Difficult Languages. The origin of Albanian language states that it was put to use in 1462 AD. The history of Albanian language reveals that the language is old and used since many years. Check out in brief about Albanian Language History.The evolution of Albanian language began with early forms such as Old Albanian. Standard Albanian is the standard form of Albanian language and it is used in government centers. Know all About Albanian Language.

Albanian population

Albanian population gives us the total count of number of people speaking Albanian language. Albanian language is spoken by 7.50 million people in the world. Most of the Albanian population lies in the Albanian Speaking Countries. Albanian language is spoken as first language by 3.10 million people and as second language by about 3.60 million people. Get to know Albanian speaking population in detail.

Albanian writing system

There are numerous writing systems but most widely used scripts are Latin, Cyrillic and Arabic. Albanian writing system decides the alphabets, vowels and consonants i.e. the written form of Albanian language. Some languages share common writing systems. Latin script is used by Albanian language. Learn more about . 

Information about Albanian language

Check out all the information about Albanian language here. You may find it interesting to learn Albanian Alphabets or the vowels and consonants of this language. Also knowing about Albanian Speaking Countries, Albanian speaking continents and Albanian Dialects will help in improving your knowledge about this language. Also while travelling to Albanian countries knowing common Albanian Greetings will help you in communicating with Albanian people.