Countries
European Union, Slovenia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Austria, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Slovenia
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Austria, Hungary, Italy
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The Freising Monuments is the oldest preserved records of written Slovene from 10th century.
- The first Slovene book was printed in 1550.
- 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
Serbo-Croatian
Romanian
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2536
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
57
0
32
👆🏻
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
25
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Halo
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Hvala
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Kako se imate?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Lahko noč
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Dober večer
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Dober dan
mirëdita
Good Morning
Dobro jutro
mirëmengjes
Please
Prosim
Ju lutem
Sorry
Oprostite
Me fal
Bye
Nasvidenje
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ljubim te
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Oprostite
Më falni
Dialect 1
Prekmurje Slovene
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Hungary, Slovenia
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
80,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Resian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Italy
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Styrian
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Slovenia
Italy
How Many People Speak
2,500,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
484
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
2.50 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.03 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
2.50 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
2.00 million3.60 million
0.01
400
👆🏻
Native Name
Slovenščina
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Slovenian, Slovenscina
Shqip
French Name
slovène
albanais
German Name
Slowenisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[slɔˈʋèːnski ˈjɛ̀ːzik], [slɔˈʋèːnʃt͡ʃina]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Slovenes
Albanians
Origin
972-1093
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
No early forms
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Slovene
Standard Albanian
Language Position
2814
1
120
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Signed Forms
Slovene Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sl
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
slv
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
slv
alb
ISO 639 3
slv
sqi
ISO 639 6
slv
sqi
Glottocode
slov1268
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-f
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
-
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic