Countries
Ethiopia, Kenya
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Ethiopia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa
Europe
Minority Language
Somalia
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
-
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Oromo language is the third most spoken language in Africa.
- Oromo is most spoken language in Cushitic Family.
- 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
Somali Language
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3436
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
107
0
32
👆🏻
How Many Consonants
2429
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
akkam
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Galatoomi
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Attam jirta/jirtu?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Nagayattii buli
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Akkam waarite
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Attam oolte / ooltan
mirëdita
Good Morning
Attam bulte/bultan
mirëmengjes
Please
Maaloo
Ju lutem
Sorry
naa dhiisi
Me fal
Bye
Nagayattii!
mirupafshim
I Love You
Sin jaaladha
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Maaloo na dabarsi
Më falni
Dialect 1
Borana
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Ethiopia, Kenya
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
4,000,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
👆🏻
Dialect 2
Orma
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Kenya
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
66,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Wata
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Kenya
Italy
How Many People Speak
13,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
174
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
25.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.36 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
35.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Afaan Oromo
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Afaan Oromoo
Shqip
French Name
galla
albanais
German Name
Galla-Sprache
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ɔrɔmɔ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Oromos
Albanians
Origin
16
1462 AD
Language Family
Afro-Asiatic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Cushitic
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Afaan Oromo
Standard Albanian
Language Position
9114
1
120
👆🏻
Signed Forms
Oromo Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Macrolanguage
Individual
ISO 639 1
om
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
orm
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
orm
alb
ISO 639 3
orm
sqi
ISO 639 6
orm
sqi
Glottocode
nucl1736
alba1267
Linguasphere
No data available
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
-
Synthetic