Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Burkina Faso
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Benin, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory coast, Mali, Togo
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
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.
- Mossi languages use pitch to distinguish meanings.
- Mossi is the 2nd largest ethnic group in Ivory Coast.
Similar To
Romanian
Dagbani Language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3626
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
78
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2916
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Kia ora
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Laafi bala
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Laafi beme ?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Ne y yungo
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
ne y zabre
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Kia ora
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Ne y yibeogo
Please
Ju lutem
gafare
Sorry
Me fal
gafare
Bye
mirupafshim
Wend na kon-d nindaare
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Kei te aroha au ki a koe
Excuse Me
Më falni
Y gafare
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Ouapadoupou
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.007,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Saremde
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.007,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Taolende
Where They Speak
Italy
Burkina Faso
How Many People Speak
100,000.007,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million7.60 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.11 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million7.60 million
0
873
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Second Language Speakers
3.60 million5.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Mosse
Alternative Names
Shqip
Mossi, Mòoré, Mooré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi, Mòoré, Moré, More, Moshi, Mole, Mosi
French Name
albanais
moré
German Name
Albanisch
Mossi-Sprache
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[mɔ̀ːsì]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Mossi
Origin
1462 AD
11th Century AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
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Western Sudanic
Branch
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Gur (Voltaic)
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Mossi
Language Position
1437
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Mossi Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
No data Available
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
mos
ISO 639 2/B
alb
mos
ISO 639 3
sqi
mos
ISO 639 6
sqi
mos
Glottocode
alba1267
moss1236
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data Available
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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