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Japanese and Albanian


Albanian and Japanese


Countries

Countries
Japan  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
1  
14
2  
13

National Language
Japan  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

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

Speaking Continents
Asia, Pacific  
Europe  

Minority Language
Palau  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  

Regulated By
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  

Interesting Facts
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  
  • 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.
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Similar To
Korean Language  
Romanian  

Derived From
-  
-  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
99  
40
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
5  
2
7  
4

How Many Consonants
14  
4
29  
19

Scripts
Kana  
Latin  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
88 weeks  
19
44 weeks  
17

Greetings

Hello
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)  
Përshëndetje  

Thank You
ありがとう (Arigatō)  
Ju faleminderit  

How Are You?
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)  
Si jeni?  

Good Night
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)  
natën e mirë  

Good Evening
こんばんは (Konbanwa)  
mirëmbrëma  

Good Afternoon
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)  
mirëdita  

Good Morning
おはよう (Ohayō)  
mirëmengjes  

Please
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)  
Ju lutem  

Sorry
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)  
Me fal  

Bye
さようなら (Sayōnara)  
mirupafshim  

I Love You
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)  
unë e dua ju  

Excuse Me
すみません (Sumimasen)  
Më falni  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Sanuki  
Gheg Albanian  

Where They Speak
Kagawa  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  

How Many People Speak
1,000,000.00  
99+
3,400,000.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Hakata  
Tosk Albanian  

Where They Speak
Fukuoka  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
1,800,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Kansai  
Arbëresh  

Where They Speak
kansai  
Italy  

How Many People Speak
127,000,000.00  
4
100,000.00  
99+

Total No. Of Dialects
31  
25
4  
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
128.00 million  
14
7.50 million  
99+

Speaking Population
1.90 %  
10
0.11 %  
99+

Native Speakers
128.00 million  
9
3.10 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.00 million  
99+
3.60 million  
99+

Native Name
日本語  
shqip / gjuha shqipe  

Alternative Names
Nihongo  
Shqip  

French Name
japonais  
albanais  

German Name
Japanisch  
Albanisch  

Pronunciation
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]  
[ʃcip]  

Ethnicity
Japanese (Yamato)  
Albanians  

History

Origin
1185  
1462 AD  

Language Family
Japonic Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese  
Old Albanian  

Standard Forms
Japanese  
Standard Albanian  

Language Position
8  
8
14  
13

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
ja  
sq  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
jpn  
sqi  

ISO 639 2/B
jpn  
alb  

ISO 639 3
jpn  
sqi  

ISO 639 6
jpn  
sqi  

Glottocode
nucl1643  
alba1267  

Linguasphere
45-CAA-a  
55-AAA-aaa  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic  
Synthetic  

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All Japanese 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 Japanese and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Japanese and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Japanese are spoken in different Japanese Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Japanese vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Japanese dialects include: Sanuki, Hakata. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Japanese and Albanian Speaking population

Japanese and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Japanese and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Japanese and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 % 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 Japanese and Albanian on Japanese vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Japanese and Albanian Language Codes

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

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