Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
African Union, Democratic Republic of the Congo, East African Community, Kenya
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.
- Swahili language has borrowed many words from Arabic language.
- The oldest written scripts in swahili language were found in 18th century.
Similar To
Romanian
Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Arabic Language
Alphabets in
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Swahili-Alphabets.jpg#200
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
nakupenda
Excuse Me
Më falni
Samahani
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kiunguja
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Zanzibar island
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Kimrima
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dar es Salaam
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Kimgao
Where They Speak
Italy
Kilwa
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
1462 AD
6th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Benue-Congo
Branch
Not Available
Bantu
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
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
swah1254
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
99-AUS-m
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
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.
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.