Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Ethiopia
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Not Available
  
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.
- Amharic ranks as second most spoken Semitic language in the world.
- Amharic has its own writing system named “fidel” and it uses Amharic alphabets to write.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Amharic-1.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Ethiopic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Selam
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
amesege'nallo'
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Dehina newot?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Dehna dur
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
melkam meshe't
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
i'ndemin walu
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
i'ndemin adäru
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
i'bakwon
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
aznallehu
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
tschao
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
afekirishalehu
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
yiqirta
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Gondar
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Gondar
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Gojjami
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Showa
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ethiopia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
18.70 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
25.00 million
  
32
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
10.00 million
  
23
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Not Available
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Abyssinian, Amarigna, Amarinya, Amhara, Ethiopian
  
French Name
albanais
  
amharique
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Amharisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[amarɨɲɲa]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Amharas
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
13th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Afro-Asiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Semitic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Ethiopic
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Ge'ez
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Amharic
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Signed Amharic
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
am
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
amh
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
amh
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
amh
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
amha1245
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
12-ACB-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional
  
Albanian and Amharic Speaking population
Albanian and Amharic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Amharic languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Amharic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Amharic language is 0.37 %. 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 Amharic on Albanian vs Amharic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Amharic Language Codes
Albanian and Amharic language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Amharic Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.