Countries
European Union, Latvia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Latvia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Latvian State Language Center
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The first written form of Latvian dates from 16th century was found in religious texts.
- The old latvian language was based on the a Gothic script.
- 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
Lithuanian Language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3336
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
97
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2429
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
65
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Sveiki
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Paldies
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kā jums klājas?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Ar labunakti
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Labvakar
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Labdien
mirëdita
Good Morning
Labrīt
mirëmengjes
Please
lūdzu
Ju lutem
Sorry
Piedodiet!
Me fal
Bye
Uz redzēšanos
mirupafshim
I Love You
Es tevi mīlu
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Piedodiet!
Më falni
Dialect 1
Livonian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Middle Latvian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Latvia
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,000,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
High Latvian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
France, Latvia
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,500,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
34
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
1.75 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.07 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
1.75 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
latviešu valoda
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Lettish
Shqip
French Name
letton
albanais
German Name
Lettisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈlætviən]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Latvians or Letts
Albanians
Origin
1530
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Baltic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Latvian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
914
1
120
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Signed Forms
Latvian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
lv
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
lav
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
lav
alb
ISO 639 3
lav
sqi
ISO 639 6
lav
sqi
Glottocode
latv1249
alba1267
Linguasphere
54-AAB-a
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic