Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Vietnam
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Vietnam
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Australia, East Asia, North America, Southeast Asia, Western Europe
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Czech Republic
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Not Available
  
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 vocabulary of Vietnamese language is influenced by Chinese Language.
- The only language in East Asia that uses the Latin alphabet is Vietnamese.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Chinese Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Chinese Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Vietnamese-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Not Available
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Xin chào
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Cam on
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Bạn khỏe không?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Chúc ngủ ngon
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Chào buổi tối
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Chào buổi trưa
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Chào buổi sáng
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
xin vui lòng
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
Xin lỗi
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Tạm biệt
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
tôi yêu bạn
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Xin loi
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Northern Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Dong Bac, Haiphong, Hanoi, Red River Delta, Tay Bac
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
North-central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Ha Tinh, Nghe An, Thanh Hoa
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Mid-Central Vietnamese
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Hue, Quang Tri, Thua Thien
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
91.00 million
  
16
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
75.00 million
  
14
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
16.00 million
  
17
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
tiếng việt (㗂越)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Annamese, Ching, Gin, Jing, Kinh, Viet
  
French Name
albanais
  
vietnamien
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Vietnamesisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[tĭəŋ vìəˀt] (Northern)
[tǐəŋ jìək] (Southern)
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Vietnamese (Kinh) people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
c. 1440
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Austroasiatic Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Pre-Vietnamese, Proto-Vietnamese, Archaic Vietnamese, Ancient Vietnamese, Middle Vietnamese, Modern Vietnamese
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Standard Vietnamese
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Vietnamese sign languages
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
vi
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
vie
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
vie
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
vie
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
viet1252
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
46-EBA
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Analytic, Isolating