Albanian is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanic branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group.
Facts
ISO 639-3 Code Speaker Count2017 estimate, native speakers. Attested From (Year) Browse and compare
Difficulty for an English Speaker Classification
Language Kind Official Status Albanian
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Source Wikipedia: Albanian Language
Written In
In the Other Atlases
Original Language Of
Also in Film and Media Atlas: a work originally in this language.
Found In
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Sources
1. Glottolog: Northern Tosk Albanian (Glottolog tosk1239)
GlottologEndangermentQuote, Endangerment
Albanian, Tosk (als-als) = 1 (National).
2. Wikipedia: Albanian Language
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Albanian (endonym: shqip [ʃcip], gjuha shqipe [ˈɟuha ˈʃcipɛ], or arbërisht [aɾbəˈɾiʃt]) is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanic branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group.
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2017
Lead section, second sentence
It is the native language of the Albanian people.
Official status
Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo
Article text
The first written mention of the Albanian language was in 1284 in a witness testimony from the Republic of Ragusa, while a letter written by Dominican Friar Gulielmus Adea in 1332 mentions the Albanians using the Latin alphabet in their writings. The oldest surviving attestation of modern Albanian is from 1462.
Official status, Albanian entity page
Standard Albanian is the official language of Albania and Kosovo, and a co-official language in North Macedonia and Montenegro, where it is the primary language of significant Albanian minority communities.
In Family: Indo-European, Infobox, Language family
Top family: Indo-European; immediate branch: Albanoid.
View the Source 3. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Albanian / Order of Subject, Object and Verb (WALS datapoint)
WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures)Datapoint pageQuote, Datapoint page
Feature: Order of Subject, Object and Verb by Matthew S. Dryer Value: SVO
4. WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures): Albanian / Tone (WALS datapoint)
WALS Online (World Atlas of Language Structures)Datapoint pageQuote, Datapoint page
Feature: Tone by Ian Maddieson Value: No tones
5. Effective Language Learning: Language Difficulty Ranking
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Category IV: 44 weeks (1100 hours) Languages with significant linguistic and/or cultural differences from English Albanian
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