Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
China, Kazakhstan, Russia
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Gambia, Kazakhstan
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries, Republic of Brazil
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Afganistan, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, People's Republic of China, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Kazakh language agency
  
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.
- The Kazakh language can be written using a variety of scripts.
- Kazakh Language contains many words from Russian, Arabic, Mongol, Persian and other Turkic languages.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Turkish and Uzbek Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Kazakh-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Сәлеметсіз бе (Sälemetsiz be)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Рақмет сізге (Raqmet sizge)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Қалыңыз қалай? (Qalıñız qalay?)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
қайырлы түн (qayırlı tün)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
қайырлы кеш (qayırlı keş)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
қайырлы күн (qayırlı kün)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
қайырлы таң (qayırlı tañ)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
өтінемін (ötinemin)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
кешіріңіз (keşiriñiz)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
bye
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Мен сені жақсы көремін (Men seni jaqsı köremin)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Кешіріңіз! (Keşiriñiz!)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Northeastern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Southern Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Western Kazakh
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Kazakhstan
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
11.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Қазақ тілі / Qazaq tili / قازاق ٴتىلى
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Kaisak, Kazak, Kosach, Qazaq
  
French Name
albanais
  
kazakh
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Kasachisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[qɑˈzɑq tɘˈlɘ]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Kazahks
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
17th Century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Turkic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Turkic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Northwestern (Kipchak)
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
No early forms
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Kazakh
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
kk
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
kaz
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
kaza1248
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative