Albanian language
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| Albanian | |
|---|---|
| shqip | |
| Native to | Primarily in Southeastern Europe and by the Albanian diaspora worldwide. |
| Native speakers | ca. 7.6 million (1989–2007)[1] |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Dialects | |
| Writing system | Latin (Albanian alphabet) Albanian Braille |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Albania Kosovo[a]and recognised as a minority language in:   Italy  Serbia Romania |
| Regulated by | officially by the Social Sciences and Albanological Section of the Academy of Sciences of Albania |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-1 | sq |
| ISO 639-2 | alb (B) sqi (T) |
| ISO 639-3 | sqi – inclusive code Individual codes: aln – Gheg aae – Arbëreshë aat – Arvanitika als – Tosk |
| Linguasphere | 55-AAA-aaa to 55-AAA-ahe (25 varieties) |
Where Albanian is spoken in Europe
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The Albanian language (Shqip) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken mostly in Albania (3,500,000), Kosovo and 500,000 Republic of Macedonia.
Other websites[change | edit source]
- An overview of the Albanian language and culture
- Albanian language family tree
- List of free online resources for learners
References[change | edit source]
- ↑ Gheg 4,156,090 + Tosk 3,035,000 + Arbereshe 260,000 + Arvanitika 150,000 = 7,601,090. (Ethnologue, 2005)
Gordon, Raymond G., Jr. (ed.), 2005. Ethnologue: Languages of the World, Fifteenth edition. Dallas, Tex.: SIL International.
