Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Wales
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Wales
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
Argentina, United Kingdom
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Welsh Language Commissioner
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.
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
Similar To
Romanian
English Language
Derived From
-
British Language
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3629
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2921
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
-
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
54
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks30 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Helô
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Diolch
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Sut ydych chi?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Nos da
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Noswaith dda
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
P'nawn da
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Bore da
Please
Ju lutem
os gwelwch yn dda
Sorry
Me fal
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Bye
mirupafshim
Hwyl
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Dw i'n dy garu di
Excuse Me
Më falni
Esgusodwch fi
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Patagonian Welsh
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Argentina
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.0038,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Y Wyndodeg
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Gwynedd
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00700,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Y Bowyseg
Where They Speak
Italy
Powys
How Many People Speak
100,000.00700,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
48
0
188
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How Many People Speak?
7.50 million7.40 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.24 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million7.40 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million0.70 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
Alternative Names
Shqip
Cymraeg
French Name
albanais
gallois
German Name
Albanisch
Kymrisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Welsh people
Origin
1462 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Celtic
Branch
-
Brythonic
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Welsh
Language Position
1431
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Welsh Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
cy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
cym
ISO 639 2/B
alb
wel
ISO 639 3
sqi
cym
ISO 639 6
sqi
cym
Glottocode
alba1267
wels1247
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
50-ABA
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Historical
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Verb-Subject-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional