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Afrikaans and Albanian


Albanian and Afrikaans


Countries

Countries
South Africa   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
2   
13

National Language
South Africa   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
Namibia, South Africa   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Africa   
Europe   

Minority Language
Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Die Taalkommissie, National Languages Committee   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • Afrikaans Language is a mixture of English, Dutch, German, French and some South African language like Xhosa.
  • Afrikaans Language lacks case and gender distinctions.
  
  • 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
Dutch Language   
Romanian   

Derived From
Dutch Language   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Afrikaans-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
32   
14
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
15   
12
7   
4

How Many Consonants
17   
7
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3   
2
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
24 weeks   
6
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Dankie   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Hoe gaan dit   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
goeie nag   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
Goeienaand   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
Goeie middag   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
goeie more   
mirëmengjes   

Please
asseblief   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
jammer   
Me fal   

Bye
Not Available   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Ek het jou lief   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Verskoon my   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Kaapse Afrikaans   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Oranjeriverafrikaans   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Not Available   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Baster Afrikaans   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Namibia   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
Not Available   
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
3   
3
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
19.00 million   
99+
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
7.10 million   
99+
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
10.30 million   
22
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Afrikaans   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Cape Dutch   
Not Available   

French Name
afrikaans   
albanais   

German Name
Afrikaans   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Afrikaners   
Albanians   

History

Origin
17th Century   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Afrikaans   
Standard Albanian   

Signed Forms
Signed Afrikaans (signs of SASL)   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
af   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
afr   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
afr   
alb   

ISO 639 3
afr   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
afrs   
Not Available   

Glottocode
afri1274   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
52-ACB-ba   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic   
Synthetic   

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All Afrikaans and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Afrikaans and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Afrikaans and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Afrikaans are spoken in different Afrikaans Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Afrikaans vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans, Oranjeriverafrikaans. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Afrikaans and Albanian Speaking population

Afrikaans and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Afrikaans and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Afrikaans and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Afrikaans language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Afrikaans and Albanian on Afrikaans vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Afrikaans and Albanian Language Codes

Afrikaans and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Afrikaans and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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