Countries
Nigeria
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Gambia, Nigeria
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Nigeria
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Benin, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, Niger, Sudan, Togo
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Hausa language is the most important and the best known of the Chadic branch.
- There are about one-fourth of Hausa words come from Arabic.
- 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
Yoruba and Igbo Languages
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
4436
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
127
0
32
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How Many Consonants
3229
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
55
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
sannu
Përshëndetje
Thank You
gode ku
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
yaya dai
Si jeni?
Good Night
mai kyau dare
natën e mirë
Good Evening
barka da yamma
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
barka da rana
mirëdita
Good Morning
mai kyau safe
mirëmengjes
Please
Don Allah
Ju lutem
Sorry
yi hakuri
Me fal
Bye
sai anjima
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ina son ku
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
gafara dai
Më falni
Dialect 1
Gaananci
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Ghana
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
50,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Kurhwayanci
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Niger
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
150,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Daragaram
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Niger
Italy
How Many People Speak
50.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
204
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
50.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.52 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
35.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
15.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
حَوْسَ (ḥawsa)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Abakwariga, Habe, Haoussa, Hausawa, Kado, Mgbakpa
Shqip
French Name
haoussa
albanais
German Name
Haussa-Sprache
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[hàʊsà]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Hausa–Fulani people
Albanians
Origin
14
1462 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Chadic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Hausa
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Signed Hausa
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ha
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
hau
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
hau
alb
ISO 639 3
hau
sqi
ISO 639 6
hau
sqi
Glottocode
haus1257
alba1267
Linguasphere
19-HAA-b
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic