Albanian language
Indo-European language, spoken in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro as well as Italy, Croatia, Romania and Sebia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Albanian language (Shqip) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken mostly in Albania (3,500,000), Kosovo and (500,000) Republic of North Macedonia.
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Albanian | |
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shqip, gjuha shqipe, ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ | |
Pronunciation | [สcip] |
Native to | Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria, Albanian diaspora |
Native speakers | 7.6 million (2011)[1] |
Indo-European
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Latin (Albanian alphabet) Albanian Braille | |
Official status | |
Official language in | Albania Kosovo North Macedonia[a] Montenegro[a][2] |
Recognised minority language in | |
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 โ inclusive codeIndividual codes: aae โ Arbรซreshaat โ Arvanitikaaln โ Ghegals โ Tosk |
Glottolog | alba1267 |
Linguasphere | 55-AAA-aaa to 55-AAA-ahe (25 varieties) |
The dialects of the Albanian language. (The map does not indicate where the language is majority or minority.) | |
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