Countries
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
France, Spain
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Euskaltzaindia, National Languages Committee
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The Basque language is the oldest European language.
- Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
- 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.
Similar To
Spanish
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2736
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
35
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Kaixo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Eskerrik asko
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Zer moduz?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Gabon
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Arratsalde on
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Arratsalde on
mirëdita
Good Morning
Egun on
mirëmengjes
Please
Mesedez
Ju lutem
Sorry
Barkatu
Me fal
Bye
Agur
mirupafshim
I Love You
Maite zaitut
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Barkatu
Më falni
Dialect 1
Navarro-Lapurdian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
France
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
68,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Souletin
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
France, Soule, Spain
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
8,700.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Biscayan
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Spain
Italy
How Many People Speak
750,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
64
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.20 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.12 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.20 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Euskara
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense
Shqip
French Name
basque
albanais
German Name
Baskisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[bɑːsk]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Basque people
Albanians
Origin
c. 1000
1462 AD
Language Family
Vasconic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Basque
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3014
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Basque Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
-
Individual
ISO 639 1
eu
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
eus
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
baq
alb
ISO 639 3
eus
sqi
ISO 639 6
eus
sqi
Glottocode
basq1248
alba1267
Linguasphere
40-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
-
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative
Synthetic