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Albanian and German


German and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
7   
8

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Germany   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
North Dakota, United States of America   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Council for German Orthography   

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.
    •   
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Albanian Languages   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
26   
8

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
9   
1

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
30 weeks   
9

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
hallo   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Danke   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Wie geht es dir?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
gute Nacht   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
guten Abend   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
guten Tag   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
guten Morgen   

Please
Ju lutem   
bitte   

Sorry
Me fal   
Verzeihung   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Tschüs   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ich liebe dich   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Entschuldigung   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Swiss German   

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
4,500,000.00   
18

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Swabian German   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Germany   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
820,000.00   
26

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Texas German   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Texas   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
6,000.00   
35

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
229.00 million   
8

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.39 %   
12

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
101.00 million   
10

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
128.00 million   
5

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Deutsch   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Deutsch, Tedesco   

French Name
albanais   
allemand   

German Name
Albanisch   
Deutsch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Germans   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
6th Century AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Western   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   

Language Position
Not Available   
9   
9

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
de   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
deu   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
ger   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
deu   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
deus   

Glottocode
alba1267   
high1287, uppe1397   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
52-ACB–dl & -dm   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional, Synthetic   

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

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Albanian and German Speaking population

Albanian and German speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and German languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and German Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 %. 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 German on Albanian vs German where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and German Language Codes

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

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