Countries
Wales
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Total No. Of Countries
12
0
46
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National Language
Wales
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Argentina, United Kingdom
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Welsh Language Commissioner
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- One of the Celtic language still spoken with great numbers of speakers is Welsh language.
- Welsh was evolved from British , which was spoken by ancient Britons.
- 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
English Language
Romanian
Derived From
British Language
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
2936
18
247
👆🏻
Phonology
How Many Vowels
77
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2129
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
-
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
45
2
12
👆🏻
Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Helô
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Diolch
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Sut ydych chi?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Nos da
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Noswaith dda
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
P'nawn da
mirëdita
Good Morning
Bore da
mirëmengjes
Please
os gwelwch yn dda
Ju lutem
Sorry
Mae'n ddrwg gennym
Me fal
Bye
Hwyl
mirupafshim
I Love You
Dw i'n dy garu di
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Esgusodwch fi
Më falni
Dialect 1
Patagonian Welsh
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Argentina
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
How Many People Speak
38,000.003,400,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Y Wyndodeg
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Gwynedd
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
700,000.001,800,000.00
700
274000000
👆🏻
Dialect 3
Y Bowyseg
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Powys
Italy
How Many People Speak
700,000.00100,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
84
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.40 million7.50 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.24 %0.11 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
7.40 million3.10 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
0.70 million3.60 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
Cymraeg / Y Gymraeg
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Cymraeg
Shqip
French Name
gallois
albanais
German Name
Kymrisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[kəmˈrɑːɨɡ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Welsh people
Albanians
Origin
9th Century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Celtic
-
Branch
Brythonic
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Common Brittonic, Old Welsh, Middle Welsh
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Welsh
Standard Albanian
Language Position
3114
1
120
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Signed Forms
Welsh Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
cy
sq
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
cym
sqi
ISO 639 2/B
wel
alb
ISO 639 3
cym
sqi
ISO 639 6
cym
sqi
Glottocode
wels1247
alba1267
Linguasphere
50-ABA
55-AAA-aaa
Types of Language
Language Type
Historical
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Verb-Subject-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional
Synthetic