Albanian language
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.
| Albanian | ||||
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| shqip, gjuha shqipe, 𐔀𐔐𐔁𐔀𐔓𐔍𐔀𐔔 | ||||
| Pronunciation | [ʃcip] | |||
| Native to | Albania, Greece, Italy, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bulgaria, Albanian diaspora | |||
| Native speakers | 7.6 million (2011)e18 | |||
| Language family | Indo-European
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| Dialects | ||||
| Writing system | Latin (Albanian alphabet) Albanian Braille | |||
| Official status | ||||
| Official language in |  Albania Kosovo North Macedonia[a] Montenegro[a][1] | |||
| Recognised minority language in |  Italy Serbia Croatia Romania Bulgaria | |||
| 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: aae – Arbëresh aat – Arvanitika aln – Gheg als – Tosk | |||
| Linguasphere | 55-AAA-aaa to 55-AAA-ahe (25 varieties) | |||
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Dialects
Albanian Language Media
Map of countries where Albanian holds official status: Official language* Recognised minority language
The dialects of the Albanian language.
Albanian keyboard layout.
Albanian within Indo-European language family tree based on "Ancestry-constrained phylogenetic analysis of Indo-European languages" by Chang et al. (January 2015).
Albanian in the Paleo-Balkanic branch based on the chapter on Albanian by Adam Hyllested and Brian D. Joseph in Thomas Olander (ed.) "The Indo-European Language Family" (2022).
1905 issue of the magazine Albania, the most important Albanian periodical of the early 20th century
Meshari of Gjon Buzuku 1554–1555
Possibly the oldest surviving Albanian text, highlighted in red, from the Bellifortis manuscript, written by Konrad Kyeser around 1402–1405.
References
- ↑ "Language and alphabet Article 13". Constitution of Montenegro. WIPO. 19 October 2007. Archived from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 21 May 2021.
Serbian, Bosnian, Albanian and Croatian shall also be in the official use.
Other websites
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This language has its own Wikipedia project. See the Albanian language edition. |
- An overview of the Albanian language and culture Archived 2005-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Albanian language family tree
- List of free online resources for learners Archived 2004-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
