Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malawi, Zimbabwe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Zambia
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
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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.
- Chewa is one of the 55 languages featured on the Voyager spacecraft.
- Most widely known language of Malawi is Chewa.
Similar To
Romanian
Zulu language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3631
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
75
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2918
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks32 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Moni
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Zikomo
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Muli bwanji?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Usiku wabwino
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Madzulo abwino
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Masana abwino
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
M'mawa wabwino
Please
Ju lutem
Chonde
Sorry
Me fal
pepani
Bye
mirupafshim
anatsanzikana
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ndimakukondani
Excuse Me
Më falni
Pepani
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kasungu
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Kikamtunda
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kimaravi
Where They Speak
Italy
Malawi, Zambia
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,200,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
45
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million12.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.17 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million12.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million1.50 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Nyanja
Alternative Names
Shqip
Chichewa, Chinyanja, Nyanja, Nyanja-Chewa
French Name
albanais
chichewa; chewa; nyanja
German Name
Albanisch
Nyanja-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈtʃewa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Chewa people
Origin
1462 AD
15th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Benue-Congo
Branch
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Bantu
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Chewa
Language Position
1427
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Chewa Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ny
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
nya
ISO 639 2/B
alb
nya
ISO 639 3
sqi
nya
ISO 639 6
sqi
nya
Glottocode
alba1267
nyan1308
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUS-xaa – xag
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
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Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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