Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Philippines
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Philippines
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Philippines
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
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
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.
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
Similar To
Romanian
Hiligaynon Language
Derived From
-
Island of Cebu
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3621
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks3 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Hoy
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Salamat
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kumusta man ka?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Maayong Gabii
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Maayong Gabii
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Maayong Hapon
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Maayong Buntag
Please
Ju lutem
Palihug
Sorry
Me fal
Ikasubo ko
Bye
mirupafshim
Babay
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Gihigugma ko ikaw
Excuse Me
Më falni
Ekskyus mi
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Boholano
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bohol
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0021,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Southern Kana
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
southern Leyte
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0021,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
North Kana
Where They Speak
Italy
northern part of Leyte
How Many People Speak
100,000.0020,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million20.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.32 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million21.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million14.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Visayan
Alternative Names
Shqip
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
French Name
albanais
cebuano
German Name
Albanisch
Cebuano
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[sɛbuˈɑno]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Cebuano people
Origin
1462 AD
16th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Austronesian Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Cebuano
Language Position
1462
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Cebuano Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
ceb
ISO 639 2/B
alb
ceb
ISO 639 3
sqi
ceb
ISO 639 6
sqi
ceb
Glottocode
alba1267
cebu1242
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data Available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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