Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
China, Jilin Province, North Korea, South Korea, Yanbian
Total No. Of Countries
25
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
North Korea, South Korea
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
Japan, People's Republic of China, Russia, United States of America
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
The National Institute of the Korean 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.
- Korean has borrowed words from English and Chinese.
- Korean has two counting systems. First, is based on Chinese characters and numbers are similar to Chinese numbers, and second counting system is from words unique to Korea.
Similar To
Romanian
Chinese and Japanese languages
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3640
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
721
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2919
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Hangul
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal, Top-To-Bottom
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks88 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
안녕하세요. (annyeonghaseyo.)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
감사합니다 (gamsahabnida)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
어떻게 지내세요? (eotteohge jinaeseyo?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
안녕히 주무세요 (annyeonghi jumuseyo)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo.)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
안녕하십니까 (annyeong hashimnikka)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
안녕히 주무셨어요 (An-yŏng-hi ju-mu-shŏ-ssŏ-yo)
Please
Ju lutem
하십시오 (hasibsio)
Sorry
Me fal
죄송합니다 (joesonghabnida)
Bye
mirupafshim
안녕 (annyeong)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
당신을 사랑합니다 (dangsin-eul salanghabnida)
Excuse Me
Më falni
실례합니다 (sillyehabnida)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Jeju
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
South Korea
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0010,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Gyeongsang
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
South Korea
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.0010,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Hamgyŏng
Where They Speak
Italy
China, North Korea
How Many People Speak
100,000.0077,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
412
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million77.00 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %1.14 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million77.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million77.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
한국어 (조선말)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Hanguk Mal, Hanguk Uh
French Name
albanais
coréen
German Name
Albanisch
Koreanisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[hangukmal]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Koreans
Origin
1462 AD
Before 1st century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Koreanic Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Korean, Middle Korean and Korean
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Pluricentric Standard Korean, South Korean standard and North Korean standard
Language Position
1412
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Korean Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
ko
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
kor
ISO 639 2/B
alb
kor
ISO 639 3
sqi
Kor
ISO 639 6
sqi
kor
Glottocode
alba1267
kore1280
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
45-AAA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative