Countries
Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Burma
Total No. Of Countries
2
13
1
14
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Burundi, Gambia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Asia
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
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.
- Kirundi language is tonal, since it has high and low essential tones.
- Kirundi Language is referred as a language where Meeussen's rule is active, this rule describes a certain pattern of tonal change in Bantu languages.
Similar To
Romanian
Kinyarwanda Language
Derived From
Not Available
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Alphabets
Alphabets in
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Kirundi-Alphabets.jpg#200
Alphabets
36
18
21
3
Phonology
How Many Vowels
7
4
5
2
How Many Consonants
29
19
19
9
Scripts
Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
5
4
Not Available
Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks
11
Not Available
Greetings
Hello
Përshëndetje
Bwakeye
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Urakoze
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Urakomeye?
Good Night
natën e mirë
Ijoro ryiza
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Mwiriwe
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Mwiriwe
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Mwaramutse
Please
Ju lutem
Ndagusavye
Sorry
Me fal
Not available
Bye
mirupafshim
N’agasaga
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Not available
Excuse Me
Më falni
Not available
Dialects
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Rwanda-Rundi
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
20
20,000,000.00
10
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Ha
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
20
990,000.00
25
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Shubi
Where They Speak
Italy
Tanzania
How Many People Speak
100,000.00
28
153,000.00
24
Total No. Of Dialects
4
4
6
6
How Many People Speak
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
99+
8.80 million
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
0.13 %
99+
Native Speakers
3.10 million
99+
8.80 million
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
31
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
íkiRǔndi
Alternative Names
Not Available
Not Available
French Name
albanais
rundi
German Name
Albanisch
Kirundi
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
Not Available
Ethnicity
Albanians
Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa
History
Origin
1462 AD
1500
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Niger-Congo Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
No early forms
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Kirundi
Language Position
Not Available
86
99+
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Not Available
Scope
Individual
Not Available
Code
ISO 639 1
sq
rn
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
run
ISO 639 2/B
alb
run
ISO 639 3
sqi
run
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
rund1242
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
No data available
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Not Available
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Not Available
