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Albanian and Afrikaans


Afrikaans and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
South Africa   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
South Africa   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Namibia, South Africa   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

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

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

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

Similar To
Romanian   
Dutch Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Dutch Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
32   
14

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
15   
12

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
hallo   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Dankie   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Hoe gaan dit   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
goeie nag   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Goeienaand   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Goeie middag   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
goeie more   

Please
Ju lutem   
asseblief   

Sorry
Me fal   
jammer   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Not Available   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ek het jou lief   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Verskoon my   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Kaapse Afrikaans   

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

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

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Oranjeriverafrikaans   

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

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Baster Afrikaans   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Namibia   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
3   
3

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
7.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
10.30 million   
22

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Afrikaans   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Cape Dutch   

French Name
albanais   
afrikaans   

German Name
Albanisch   
Afrikaans   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[ɐfriˈkɑːns]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Afrikaners   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
17th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Cape dutch or kitchen dutch   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Standard Afrikaans   

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
af   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
afr   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
afr   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
afr   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
afrs   

Glottocode
alba1267   
afri1274   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
52-ACB-ba   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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All Albanian and Afrikaans 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 Albanian and Afrikaans dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Afrikaans language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Afrikaans Dialects are spoken in different Afrikaans speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Afrikaans Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Afrikaans dialects include: Kaapse Afrikaans , Oranjeriverafrikaans. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Afrikaans Speaking population

Albanian and Afrikaans speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Afrikaans languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Afrikaans Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Afrikaans 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 Albanian and Afrikaans on Albanian vs Afrikaans where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Afrikaans Language Codes

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

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