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Albanian and Arabic


Arabic and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
23   
4

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia   

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   
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International Council   

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.
    •   
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Amharic and Hebrew   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
28   
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
28   
18

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
مرحبا   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
شكرا   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
كيف حالك؟   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
تصبح على خير   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
مساء الخير   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
مساء الخير   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
صباح الخير   

Please
Ju lutem   
من فضلك   

Sorry
Me fal   
آسف   

Bye
mirupafshim   
وداعا   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
أحبك   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
اعذرني   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Maghrebi   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia   

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

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Sudanese   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Sudan   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
17,000,000.00   
6

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Levantine   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Cyprus, Levant   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
21,000,000.00   
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
26   
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
452.00 million   
4

Speaking Population
Not Available   
4.43 %   
6

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
206.00 million   
6

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
246.00 million   
2

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
(al arabiya) العربية   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic   

French Name
albanais   
arabe   

German Name
Albanisch   
Arabisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Arabs   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
512 CE   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Semitic   

Branch
Not Available   
North Arabic   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Modern Standard Arabic   

Language Position
Not Available   
25   
21

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Signed Arabic   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ar   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
ara   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
ara   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
ara   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
arab1395   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
12-AAC   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Albanian and Arabic Speaking population

Albanian and Arabic speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Arabic languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Arabic Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Arabic language is 4.43 %. 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 Arabic on Albanian vs Arabic where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Arabic Language Codes

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

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