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Albanian language facts for kids
| Albanian | |
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| shqip | |
| Native to | Primarily in Southeastern Europe and by the Albanian diaspora worldwide. |
| Native speakers | (ca. 7.6 million cited 1989–2007) |
| Language family |
Indo-European
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| Dialects |
Gheg
Tosk
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| Writing system | Latin (Albanian alphabet) Albanian Braille |
| Official status | |
| Official language in |  Albania Kosovoand recognised as a minority language in:  Macedonia Italy Montenegro Serbia Romania |
| Regulated by | officially by the Social Sciences and Albanological Section of the Academy of Sciences of Albania |
| Linguasphere | 55-AAA-aaa to 55-AAA-ahe (25 varieties) |
Where Albanian is spoken in Europe
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The Albanian language (Shqip) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken mostly in Albania (3,500,000), Kosovo and 500,000 Republic of Macedonia.
Images for kids
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Illyrians, Dacians, Getae and Thracians at 200 BC
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October 1899 issue of the magazine Albania, the most important Albanian periodical of the early 20th century
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Albanian keyboard layout.
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Possibly the oldest surviving Albanian text, highlighted in red, from the Bellifortis manuscript, written by Konrad Kyeser around 1402–1405.