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Albanian and Swahili


Swahili and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Burundi, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, South Sudan, Tanzania   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa (Kenya)   

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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  • Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
  • The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
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Similar To
Romanian   
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Arabic Language   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Habari   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Asante   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Habari gani?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Usiku mwema   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Habari za jioni   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
nzuri Alasiri   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Habari za asubuhi   

Please
Ju lutem   
tafadhali   

Sorry
Me fal   
pole   

Bye
mirupafshim   
bye   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
nakupenda   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Samahani   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Kiunguja   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Zanzibar island   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Kimrima   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Dar es Salaam   

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Kimgao   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Kilwa   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
12   
12

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
150.00 million   
13

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
15.00 million   
40

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Not Available   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Kisuaheli, Kiswahili   

French Name
albanais   
swahili   

German Name
Albanisch   
Swahili   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Swahili people or Waswahili   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
6th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Niger-Congo Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Benue-Congo   

Branch
Not Available   
Bantu   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Swahili   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual, Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
sw   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
swa   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
swa   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
swa   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
swah1254   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
99-AUS-m   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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

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Albanian and Swahili Speaking population

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

Albanian and Swahili Language Codes

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

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