Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Iraq, Kurdistan
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Turkey
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Middle East
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
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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.
- The vocabulary in Kurdish is of Iranian origin.
- In the middle East, Kurdish is the fourth largest ethnic group.
Similar To
Romanian
Farsi Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3633
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2929
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Cyrillic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks4 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Silaw
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Sipas
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Tu çawa yî?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Şev xweş
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Evare baş
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Nee-wa-rowt bash
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Bayanit bash
Please
Ju lutem
Bê zehmet
Sorry
Me fal
Bibûre
Bye
mirupafshim
Be xêr çî
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ez te hez dikem
Excuse Me
Më falni
Bê zehmet
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Northern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
northern Iraq, northern Syria, northwest Iran, southeast Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0020,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Central Kurdish
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Iraq, Kurdistan Province of western Iran
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.005,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Southern Kurdish
Where They Speak
Italy
Eastern Iraq
How Many People Speak
100,000.003,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
43
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million28.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.31 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million21.00 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million20.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Kurdí / کوردی / к’öрди
Alternative Names
Shqip
Kurdî, کوردی
French Name
albanais
kurde
German Name
Albanisch
Kurdisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kʊɾdɪʃ]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Kurds
Origin
1462 AD
16th century CE
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
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Indo-Iranian
Branch
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Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Kurdish and Middle Kurdish
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Kurdish
Language Position
1414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Kurdish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Macrolanguage
ISO 639 1
sq
ku
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
kur
ISO 639 2/B
alb
kur
ISO 639 3
sqi
kur
ISO 639 6
sqi
kur
Glottocode
alba1267
kurd1259
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
58-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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