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Albanian and Basque


Basque and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Basque Autonomous Community, Navarre   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
France, Spain   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

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   
Euskaltzaindia, 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.
    •   
  • The Basque language is the oldest European language.
  • Basque alphabet include many Roman letters.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Spanish   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Kaixo   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Eskerrik asko   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Zer moduz?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Gabon   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Arratsalde on   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Arratsalde on   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Egun on   

Please
Ju lutem   
Mesedez   

Sorry
Me fal   
Barkatu   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Agur   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Maite zaitut   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Barkatu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Navarro-Lapurdian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
France   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
68,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Souletin   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
France, Soule, Spain   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
8,700.00   
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Biscayan   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Spain   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
6   
6

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
7.20 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Not available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Euskara, Euskera, Vascuense   

French Name
albanais   
basque   

German Name
Albanisch   
Baskisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Basque people   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1000   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Vasconic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Proto-Basque, Aquitanian   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Basque   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Not Available   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
eu   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
eus   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
baq   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
eus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
basq1248   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
40-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative   

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

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Albanian and Basque Speaking population

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

Albanian and Basque Language Codes

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

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