Countries
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
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Spain
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
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
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America
Europe
Minority Language
Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, United Kingdom
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- One of the world's most phonetic language is Spanish.
- Up to the 18th century, Spanish was diplomatic 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
French Language
Romanian
Derived From
Latin
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Thank You
Gracias
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Cómo estás?
Si jeni?
Good Night
Buenas Noches
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Bonne soirée
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Buenas Tardes
mirëdita
Good Morning
Buenos Días
mirëmengjes
Please
Por Favor
Ju lutem
I Love You
Te Quiero
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Discúlpeme
Më falni
Dialect 1
Mexican Spanish
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Mexico
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Cuban Spanish
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Cuba
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Puerto Rican Spanish
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Puerto Rico
Italy
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Español
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Castellano, Castilian, Español
Not Available
French Name
espagnol; castillan
albanais
German Name
Spanisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[espaˈɲol], [kasteˈʎano]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Not Available
Albanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Romance
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Spanish and Spanish
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Pluricentric Standard Spanish
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Signed Spanish
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
stan1288
alba1267
Linguasphere
51-AAA-b
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic