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Albanian and Japanese


Japanese and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Japan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Japan   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Pacific   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Palau   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁) at the Ministry of Education   

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.
    •   
  • In Japanese Language, there are 4 different ways to address people: kun, chan, san and sama.
  • There are many words in Japanese language which end with vowel letter, which determines the structure and rhythm of Japanese.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Korean Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
99   
40

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
14   
4

Scripts
Latin   
Kana   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
88 weeks   
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
こんにちは (Kon'nichiwa)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
ありがとう (Arigatō)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
お元気ですか (O genki desu ka?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
おやすみなさい (Oyasuminasai)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
こんばんは (Konbanwa)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
こんにちは (Konnichiwa!)   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
おはよう (Ohayō)   

Please
Ju lutem   
お願いします (Onegaishimasu)   

Sorry
Me fal   
ごめんなさい (Gomen'nasai)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
さようなら (Sayōnara)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
愛しています (Aishiteimasu)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
すみません (Sumimasen)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Sanuki   

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
1,000,000.00   
28

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Hakata   

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Kansai   

Where They Speak
Italy   
kansai   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
31   
25

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
128.00 million   
14

Speaking Population
Not Available   
1.90 %   
10

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
128.00 million   
9

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
日本語   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Not Available   

French Name
albanais   
japonais   

German Name
Albanisch   
Japanisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
/nihoɴɡo/: [nihõŋɡo], [nihõŋŋo]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Japanese (Yamato)   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1185   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Japonic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Japanese, Early Middle Japanese, Late Middle Japanese and Early Modern Japanese   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Japanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
8   
8

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ja   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
jpn   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
jpn   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
jpn   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
nucl1643   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
45-CAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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

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Albanian and Japanese Speaking population

Albanian and Japanese speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Japanese languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Japanese Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Japanese language is 1.90 %. 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 Japanese on Albanian vs Japanese where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Japanese Language Codes

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

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