Countries
European Union, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Transnistria, Ukraine
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
62
0
46
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National Language
Moldova, Romania
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Kazakhstan, Russia
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Hungary, Serbia, Ukraine
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Academia de Ştiinţe a Moldovei, Institutul de Lingvisticǎ al Academiei Române (Institute for Li
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Romanian language has distinct type of grammar and phonology compared to other Romance languages.
- The earliest text of Romance language was found in the year 1521.
- 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
French, Spanish, Catalan, Portuguese and Italian Languages.
Romanian
Derived From
Latin
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3136
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2029
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
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Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
alo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
multumesc
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
ce mai faci?
Si jeni?
Good Night
noapte Buna
natën e mirë
Good Evening
buna Seara
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
buna Ziua
mirëdita
Good Morning
bună Dimineața
mirëmengjes
Please
Vă Rog
Ju lutem
Sorry
scuze
Me fal
Bye
La revedere
mirupafshim
I Love You
Te iubesc
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Scuza-Ma
Më falni
Dialect 1
Aromanian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Turkey
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
250,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Megleno-Romanian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Greece, Republic of Macedonia, Romania, Turkey
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
5,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Istro-Romanian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Croatia
Italy
How Many People Speak
1,400.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
104
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
28.00 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.37 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
24.00 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
4.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Română
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Daco-Rumanian, Moldavian, Rumanian
Shqip
French Name
roumain; moldave
albanais
German Name
Rumänisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[roˈmɨnə]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Romanians
Albanians
Origin
1521
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Proto-Romanian
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Romanian
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3614
1
120
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Signed Forms
Romanian Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
ro
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
ron
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
rum
alb
ISO 639 3
ron
sqi
ISO 639 6
ron
sqi
Glottocode
roma1327
alba1267
Linguasphere
51-AAD-c
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic