Albanian language

E3590

Indo-European language natural language standardized language

The Albanian language is the unique modern representative of its own branch within the Indo-European family, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, and neighboring regions of the Balkans.

Aliases (3)

Statements (58)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indo-European language → natural language → standardized language →
hasAlphabetSize	36 letters →
hasBasicWordOrder	SVO →
hasCaseSystem	ablative → accusative → dative → genitive → nominative →
hasDefinitenessDistinction	definite → indefinite →
hasEstimatedSpeakers	over 6 million →
hasGrammaticalGender	feminine → masculine →
hasHistoricalAncestor	Common Albanian → Proto-Albanian →
hasISO639-1Code	sq →
hasISO639-2Code	alb → sqi →
hasISO639-3Code	sqi →
hasLoanwordSource	Ancient Greek → French → Italian → Latin → Slavic languages → Turkish →
hasMajorDialect	Gheg → Tosk →
hasNativeName	gjuha shqipe → shqip →
hasNumberCategory	plural → singular →
hasOfficialStatusIn	Albania → Greece (local/minority contexts) → Italy (regional) → Kosovo → Montenegro → North Macedonia → Serbia (municipal level) →
hasSOVOrder	no →
hasStandardVariety	Standard Albanian →
isUniqueBranchOf	Albanian branch of Indo-European languages →
languageFamily	Indo-European languages →
region	Balkans →
regulatesBy	Academy of Sciences and Arts of Kosovo → Academy of Sciences of Albania →
spokenIn	Albania → Albanian diaspora worldwide → Greece → Italy → Kosovo → Montenegro → North Macedonia → Serbia → Turkey →
standardBasedOn	Tosk dialect →
writingSystem	Latin script →

Referenced by (17)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albania ("Albanian") → Kosovo ("Albanian") → Pristina ("Albanian") →	officialLanguage
Balkan Turkish → Romanian language →	influencedBy
Google Translate ("Albanian") →	availableLanguage
Tosk ("Standard Albanian") →	formsBasisOf
Balkan Sprachbund ("Albanian language family") →	hasLanguageFamily
Balkan Sprachbund →	hasMemberLanguage
Albanian language ("Standard Albanian") →	hasStandardVariety
Vlach (Aromanian people) →	historicalLanguageContactWith
Indo-European language family →	includesLanguage
Tosk ("Albanian") →	languageBranch
Albanian Riviera ("Albanian") →	languageSpoken
Prime Minister of Albania →	nativeLanguage
Gheg →	partOf
Tosk →	subdivisionOf