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Albanian and Chinese


Chinese and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
China, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Taiwan  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
5  
10

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
China, Taiwan  

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia  
Republic of Brazil  

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Indonesia, Malaysia  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Chinese Language Standardization Council, National Commission on Language and Script Work, Promote Mandarin 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.
    •   
  • Chinese language is tonal, since meaning of a word changes according to its tone.
  • In Chinese language, there is no grammatical distinction between singular or plural, no declination of verbs according to tense, mood and aspect.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Not Available  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
26  
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
24  
19

How Many Consonants
29  
19
23  
13

Scripts
Latin  
Chinese Characters and derivatives  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
6  
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
您好 (Nín hǎo)  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
谢谢 (Xièxiè)  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
你好吗? (Nǐ hǎo ma?)  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
晚安 (Wǎn'ān)  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
晚上好 (Wǎnshàng hǎo)  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
下午好 (Xiàwǔ hǎo)  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
早安 (Zǎo ān)  

Please
Ju lutem  
请 (Qǐng)  

Sorry
Me fal  
遗憾 (Yíhàn)  

Bye
mirupafshim  
再见 (Zàijiàn)  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
我爱你 (Wǒ ài nǐ)  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
劳驾 (Láojià)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Mandarin  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
960,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Wu  

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey  
China, United States of America  

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
80,000,000.00  
1

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Yue  

Where They Speak
Italy  
China, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
60,000,000.00  
2

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
10  
10

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
1,051.00 million  
2

Speaking Population
Not Available  
16.00 %  
2

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
873.00 million  
1

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
178.00 million  
3

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
中文 (zhōngwén)  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Not Available  

French Name
albanais  
chinois  

German Name
Albanisch  
Chinesisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
Not Available  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Han  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1250 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Sino-Tibetan Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Not Available  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Standard Chinese  

Language Position
Not Available  
1  
1

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)  
Wenfa Shouyu 文法手語 ("Grammatical Sign Language", Signed Mandarin (Taiwan))  

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
zh  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
zho  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
chi  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
zho  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
sini1245  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
79-AAA  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic, Isolating  

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

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Albanian and Chinese Speaking population

Albanian and Chinese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Chinese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Chinese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Chinese language is 16.00 %. 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 Chinese on Albanian vs Chinese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Chinese Language Codes

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

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