Languages

Albanian

Language

Citation Formats

General Reference

Language Atlas. "Albanian." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/albanian.

APA Style

Language Atlas. (n.d.). Albanian. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/albanian

BibTeX

@misc{languageatlas-albanian,
  author = {Language Atlas},
  title = {Albanian},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://language.interactiveatlas.org/languages/albanian},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

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

sqi 1

Speaker Count

7,500,000 1

2017 estimate, native speakers.

Cross-Tradition Connections

In Family

Indo-European

Source Wikipedia: Albanian Language

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Albanian Language

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Albanian (endonym: shqip, gjuha shqipe, or arberisht) 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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1. Wikipedia: Albanian Language

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