Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Total No. Of Countries
27
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Azerbaijan, Gambia
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
Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
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.
- Even though Official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, the Business language is Azerbaijani, English and Russian.
- Azerbaijan is known as “Land of Fire”, is country with unique culture and spellbinding history.
Similar To
Romanian
Turkish
Derived From
-
Osmanly language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3632
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2923
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, 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
Salam
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Təşəkkür edirəm
How Are You?
Si jeni?
necəsən
Good Night
natën e mirë
yaxşı gecə
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Axşamınız xeyir
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Günortanız Xeyir
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Sabahınız xeyir
Please
Ju lutem
lütfən
Sorry
Me fal
üzr
Bye
mirupafshim
xudafiz
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Mən səni sevirəm
Excuse Me
Më falni
Bağışlayın
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Derbent
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Russia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0037,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Gazakh
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0037,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Baku
Where They Speak
Italy
Azerbaijan
How Many People Speak
100,000.0037.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
433
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million26.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.34 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million23.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million25.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Azərbaycan dili / Азәрбајҹан дили / آذربايجانجا ديلي
Alternative Names
Shqip
Azeri, Azari, Azeri Turkish, Azerbaijani Turkish
French Name
albanais
azéri
German Name
Albanisch
Aserbeidschanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ɑzærbɑjdʒɑn dili]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Azerbaijani
Origin
1462 AD
16th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
-
Turkic
Branch
-
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Azerbaijani
Language Position
1438
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Azerbaijani
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
az
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
aze
ISO 639 2/B
alb
aze
ISO 639 3
sqi
aze
ISO 639 6
sqi
aze
Glottocode
alba1267
azer1255
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
44-AAB-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative