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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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