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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.
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  • 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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