Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Haiti
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Haiti
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Central America, North America
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Cuba
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Akademi Kreyòl Ayisyen (Academy of Haitian Creole)
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.
- In the year 1940, the first technical orthography for Haitian Creole was developed.
- In Haiian Creole, the word 'creole' is of Latin origin via a Portuguese term that means, "person raised in one's house".
Similar To
Romanian
French Language
Derived From
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-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2920
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks24 weeks
3
88
👆🏻
Hello
Përshëndetje
Bonjou
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Mèsi
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Kijan ou yé?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Bon nwit
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Bonswa
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Bon apre-midi
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Bon apre-midi
Please
Ju lutem
Souple
Sorry
Me fal
Dezole
Bye
mirupafshim
Babay
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Mwen renmen w
Excuse Me
Më falni
Eskize m
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Northern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Cap-Haitien
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0012,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Central Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Port-au-Prince
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0012,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Southern Haitian Creole
Where They Speak
Italy
Cayes
How Many People Speak
100,000.0012,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million9.60 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.15 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million9.60 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million12.00 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Kreyòl ayisyen
Alternative Names
Shqip
Creole, Haitian Creole, Western Caribbean Creole
French Name
albanais
haïtien; créole haïtien
German Name
Albanisch
Haïtien (Haiti-Kreolisch)
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kɣejɔl]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Haitians
Origin
1462 AD
17th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Haitian Creole
Language Position
1499
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Langue des Signes Haïtienne (LSH)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ht
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
hat
ISO 639 2/B
alb
hat
ISO 639 3
sqi
hat
ISO 639 6
sqi
hat
Glottocode
alba1267
hait1244
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
51-AAC-cb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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