Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Estonia, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Estonia, Gambia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Denmark, Russia, Sweden
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Institute of the Estonian Language
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.
- Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
- Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
Similar To
Romanian
Finnish
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3627
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
79
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
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
52
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Tere
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
aitäh
How Are You?
Si jeni?
kuidas sul läheb
Good Night
natën e mirë
Head ööd
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Tere õhtust
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Tere päevast
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Tere hommikust
Please
Ju lutem
Palun
Sorry
Me fal
Vabandust
Bye
mirupafshim
Head aega
I Love You
unë e dua ju
ma armastan sind
Excuse Me
Më falni
Vabandage
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Keskmurre
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.001,300,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Tartu
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Georgia, South Estonia
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.001,300,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Idamurre
Where They Speak
Italy
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.
How Many People Speak
100,000.001,300,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million1.10 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.03 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million0.95 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million1.10 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
eesti keel
Alternative Names
Shqip
Eesti keel
French Name
albanais
estonien
German Name
Albanisch
Estnisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Estonians
Origin
1462 AD
13th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Uralic Family
Subgroup
-
Finno-Ugric
Branch
-
Finnic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Estonian
Language Position
1422
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Estonian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
et
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
est
ISO 639 2/B
alb
est
ISO 639 3
sqi
est
ISO 639 6
sqi
est
Glottocode
alba1267
esto1258
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative