1 Countries
1.1 Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Andorra, Balearic Islands, Catalonia, Latin Union, Spain, Valencian Community
1.2 Total No. Of Countries
1.3 National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Andorra, France, Italy, Spain
1.4 Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Spain
1.5 Speaking Continents
1.6 Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Aragon, France, Italy, Spain
1.7 Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua, National Languages Committee
1.8 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.
- Catalan is 6th most largely spoken Romance language.
- Catalan went through a golden age in low middle ages, reaching a peak of maturity and cultural richness.
1.9 Similar To
Romanian
Spanish Language, Occitan Language, Italian Language, French Language
1.10 Derived From
2 Alphabets
2.1 Alphabets in
2.2 Alphabets
2.3 Phonology
2.3.1 How Many Vowels
2.3.2 How Many Consonants
2.4 Scripts
2.5 Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
2.6 Hard to Learn
2.6.1 Language Levels
2.6.2 Time Taken to Learn
3 Greetings
3.1 Hello
3.2 Thank You
3.3 How Are You?
3.4 Good Night
3.5 Good Evening
3.6 Good Afternoon
3.7 Good Morning
3.8 Please
3.9 Sorry
3.10 Bye
3.11 I Love You
3.12 Excuse Me
4 Dialects
4.1 Dialect 1
4.1.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
France, Portugal, Spain
4.1.2 How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00440,000.00
1.5
960000000
4.2 Dialect 2
4.2.1 Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Spain
4.2.2 How Many People Speak
1,800,000.002,400,000.00
700
80000000
4.3 Dialect 3
4.3.1 Where They Speak
4.3.2 How Many People Speak
100,000.00NA
1400
96000000
4.4 Total No. Of Dialects
5 How Many People Speak
5.1 How Many People Speak?
7.50 million9.20 million
0.13
1200
5.2 Speaking Population
5.3 Native Speakers
3.10 million4.10 million
0.13
873
5.3.1 Second Language Speakers
3.60 million5.10 million
0.01
400
5.3.2 Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
català
5.3.3 Alternative Names
Not Available
Català, Catalán, Catalan-Valencian-Balear, Catalonian, Valencian
5.3.4 French Name
albanais
catalan; valencien
5.3.5 German Name
5.4 Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[kətəˈɫa] (EC) ~ [kataˈɫa] (WC)
5.5 Ethnicity
6 History
6.1 Origin
6.2 Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
6.2.1 Subgroup
6.2.2 Branch
Not Available
Not Available
6.3 Language Forms
6.3.1 Early Forms
6.3.2 Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Catalan, Standard Valencian
6.3.3 Language Position
6.3.4 Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Catalan
6.4 Scope
7 Code
7.1 ISO 639 1
7.2 ISO 639 2
7.2.1 ISO 639 2/T
7.2.2 ISO 639 2/B
7.3 ISO 639 3
7.4 ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
7.5 Glottocode
7.6 Linguasphere
7.7 Types of Language
7.7.1 Language Type
7.7.2 Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
7.7.3 Language Morphological Typology