Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Andora, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, France, Gibraltar, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Latvia, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Western Sahara
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Spain
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Andora, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belize, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Luxembourg, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovenia, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States of America, US Virgin Islands
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
  
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.
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic language.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
French Language
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Spanish-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
hola
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Gracias
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Cómo estás?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Buenas Noches
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Bonne soirée
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Buenas Tardes
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Buenos Días
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Por Favor
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
triste
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
adiós
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Te Quiero
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Discúlpeme
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Mexican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Mexico
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
105,000,000.00
  
5
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Cuban Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Cuba
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
11,000,000.00
  
8
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Puerto Rican Spanish
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Puerto Rico
  
How Many People Speak
3,900,000.00
  
9
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
489.00 million
  
3
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
410.00 million
  
2
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
89.50 million
  
9
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Español
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Castellano, Castilian, Español
  
French Name
albanais
  
espagnol; castillan
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Spanisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Not Available
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
210 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Romance
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Spanish and Spanish
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Signed Spanish
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
es
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
spa
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
spa
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
spa
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
stan1288
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
51-AAA-b
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic