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Estonian and Albanian


Albanian and Estonian


Countries

Countries
Estonia, European Union  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

National Language
Estonia, Gambia  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Europe  

Minority Language
Denmark, Russia, Sweden  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Institute of the Estonian Language  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • Estonian language is considered to be powerful symbol of Estonian identity and culture.
  • Estonian language has adopted many words with Finnish language.
  
  • 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
Finnish  
Romanian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Estonian-Alphabets.jpg#200  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200  

Alphabets
27  
9
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
9  
6
7  
4

How Many Consonants
18  
8
29  
19

Scripts
Latin  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
2  
1
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
Tere  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
aitäh  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
kuidas sul läheb  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
Head ööd  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
Tere õhtust  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
Tere päevast  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
Tere hommikust  
mirëmengjes  

Please
Palun  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
Vabandust  
Me fal  

Bye
Head aega  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
ma armastan sind  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
Vabandage  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Keskmurre  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Gabon, Northeastern coast of Estonia  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tartu  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Georgia, South Estonia  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Idamurre  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
France, Northwestern shore of Lake Peipsi.  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
1,300,000.00  
99+
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
8  
8
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
1.10 million  
99+
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
0.03 %  
99+
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
0.95 million  
99+
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
1.10 million  
99+
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
eesti keel  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Eesti keel  
Shqip  

French Name
estonien  
albanais  

German Name
Estnisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
[eˈstˑoˑniˑa]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Estonians  
Albanians  

History

Origin
13th century  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Uralic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Finno-Ugric  
-  

Branch
Finnic  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Estonian  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
22  
20
14  
13

Signed Forms
Estonian Sign Language  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  

Scope
Macrolanguage  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
et  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
est  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
est  
alb  

ISO 639 3
est  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
est  
sqi  

Glottocode
esto1258  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
No data available  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
Subject-Verb-Object  

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative  
Synthetic  

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All Estonian and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Estonian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Estonian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Estonian are spoken in different Estonian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Estonian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Estonian dialects include: Keskmurre, Tartu. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Estonian and Albanian Speaking population

Estonian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Estonian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Estonian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Estonian language is 0.03 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Estonian and Albanian on Estonian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Estonian and Albanian Language Codes

Estonian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Estonian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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