Countries
Philippines
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Philippines
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Philippines
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Visayan Academy of Arts and Letters
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- About one-fifth of the population of the philippines speak cebuano and are second largest ethnolinguistic group in the country.
- Cebuano contains many words of Spanish origin.
- 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
Hiligaynon Language
Romanian
Derived From
Island of Cebu
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2136
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
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How Many Consonants
1629
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
3 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Hoy
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Salamat
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kumusta man ka?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Maayong Gabii
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Maayong Gabii
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Maayong Hapon
mirëdita
Good Morning
Maayong Buntag
mirëmengjes
Please
Palihug
Ju lutem
Sorry
Ikasubo ko
Me fal
Bye
Babay
mirupafshim
I Love You
Gihigugma ko ikaw
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Ekskyus mi
Më falni
Dialect 1
Boholano
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Bohol
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Southern Kana
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
southern Leyte
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
21,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
North Kana
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
northern part of Leyte
Italy
How Many People Speak
20,000,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
44
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
20.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.32 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
21.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
14.50 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Visayan
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Binisaya, Bisayan, Sebuano, Sugbuanon, Sugbuhanon, Visayan
Shqip
French Name
cebuano
albanais
German Name
Cebuano
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[sɛbuˈɑno]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Cebuano people
Albanians
Origin
16th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Austronesian Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Standard Cebuano
Standard Albanian
Language Position
6214
1
120
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Signed Forms
Cebuano Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
No data Available
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ceb
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
ceb
alb
ISO 639 3
ceb
sqi
ISO 639 6
ceb
sqi
Glottocode
cebu1242
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data Available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic