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Albanian and English


English and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Cameroon, Canada, Dominica, Fiji, Ghana, India, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Malta, Mauritius, Micronesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somaliland, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, United Kingdom, Zambia, Zimbabwe   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
33   
2

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guam, Guyana, Jersey, Montserrat, Nauru, Singapore, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States of America   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Singapore   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
South Africa   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Not Available   

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.
    •   
  • Most of the English words begin with the letter S than any other letter.
  • English is third most commonly spoken language in the world.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Not Available   

Derived From
Not Available   
Latin   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
7   
6

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
6 weeks   
3

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Hello   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Thank you   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
How are you?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Good Night   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Good Evening   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Good Afternoon   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Good Morning   

Please
Ju lutem   
Please   

Sorry
Me fal   
Sorry   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Bye   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
I love you   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Excuse Me   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
American English   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
United States of America   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
225,000,000.00   
3

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Hiberno-English   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
4,500,000.00   
15

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Welsh English   

Where They Speak
Italy   
United Kingdom   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
2,500,000.00   
14

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
188   
34

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
1,200.00 million   
1

Speaking Population
Not Available   
5.43 %   
4

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
400.00 million   
3

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
400.00 million   
1

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
English   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
albanais   
anglais   

German Name
Albanisch   
Englisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
/ˈɪŋɡlɪʃ/   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
5th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and English   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Standard English   

Language Position
Not Available   
3   
3

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
en   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
eng   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
eng   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
eng   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
engs   

Glottocode
alba1267   
stan1293   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
52-ABA   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic, Fusional, Isolating, Synthetic   

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

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Albanian and English Speaking population

Albanian and English speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and English languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and English Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking English language is 5.43 %. 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 English on Albanian vs English where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and English Language Codes

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

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