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German and Albanian


Albanian and German


Countries

Countries
Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Switzerland   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Total No. Of Countries
7   
8
2   
13

National Language
Germany   
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   

Second Language
North Dakota, United States of America   
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Czech Republic, Denmark, Former Soviet Union, France, Hungary, Italy, Namibia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia   
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   

Regulated By
Council for German Orthography   
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   

Interesting Facts
  • One of the large group of Indo-Germanic languages is German.
  • The second most popular Germanic language spoken today behind English is German language.
  
  • 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.
    •   

Similar To
Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and English Languages   
Romanian   

Derived From
Albanian Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
26   
8
36   
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
10   
7
7   
4

How Many Consonants
9   
1
29   
19

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
6   
5
5   
4

Time Taken to Learn
30 weeks   
9
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
hallo   
Përshëndetje   

Thank You
Danke   
Ju faleminderit   

How Are You?
Wie geht es dir?   
Si jeni?   

Good Night
gute Nacht   
natën e mirë   

Good Evening
guten Abend   
mirëmbrëma   

Good Afternoon
guten Tag   
mirëdita   

Good Morning
guten Morgen   
mirëmengjes   

Please
bitte   
Ju lutem   

Sorry
Verzeihung   
Me fal   

Bye
Tschüs   
mirupafshim   

I Love You
Ich liebe dich   
unë e dua ju   

Excuse Me
Entschuldigung   
Më falni   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Swiss German   
Gheg Albanian   

Where They Speak
Switzerland   
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
4,500,000.00   
18
3,400,000.00   
20

Dialect 2
Swabian German   
Tosk Albanian   

Where They Speak
Germany   
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
820,000.00   
26
1,800,000.00   
20

Dialect 3
Texas German   
Arbëresh   

Where They Speak
Texas   
Italy   

How Many People Speak
6,000.00   
35
100,000.00   
28

Total No. Of Dialects
28   
23
4   
4

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
229.00 million   
8
7.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
1.39 %   
12
Not Available   

Native Speakers
101.00 million   
10
3.10 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
128.00 million   
5
3.60 million   
31

Native Name
Deutsch   
shqip / gjuha shqipe   

Alternative Names
Deutsch, Tedesco   
Not Available   

French Name
allemand   
albanais   

German Name
Deutsch   
Albanisch   

Pronunciation
[ˈdɔʏtʃ]   
[ʃcip]   

Ethnicity
Germans   
Albanians   

History

Origin
6th Century AD   
1462 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Germanic   
Not Available   

Branch
Western   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
No early forms   
Old Albanian   

Standard Forms
German Standard German, Swiss Standard German and Austrian Standard German   
Standard Albanian   

Language Position
9   
9
Not Available   

Signed Forms
Signed German   
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
de   
sq   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
deu   
sqi   

ISO 639 2/B
ger   
alb   

ISO 639 3
deu   
sqi   

ISO 639 6
deus   
Not Available   

Glottocode
high1287, uppe1397   
alba1267   

Linguasphere
52-ACB–dl & -dm   
55-AAA-aaa   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb, Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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

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German and Albanian Speaking population

German and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which German and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of German and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking German language is 1.39 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian 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 German and Albanian on German vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

German and Albanian Language Codes

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

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