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Language code: sq

Technical information about ISO 639 language code sq

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The table below provides technical details for the Albanian language, designated by the sq code from the ISO 639-1 standard.

Code

sq

Name

Official

Albanian

Native

Shqip

Family
Indo-European
Text direction

Left-to-Right

Language varieties
GhegTosk
Related languages
ArbëreshArvanitika
Key facts
Forms its own independent branch within the Indo-European familyEarliest known written sentence dates to 1462 (a baptismal formula by Archbishop Pal Engjëlli)Modern standard Albanian is based mainly on the Tosk dialectUses post-posed definite articles that attach to nounsVocabulary contains significant layers of Latin, Slavic and Ottoman Turkish loanwords
Sample phrase

Përshëndetje, si je?

Character encodings

ISO 8859-16, UTF-8, UTF-16, UTF-32

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Albanian is part of the Indo-European language family. It is the official language of Albania, and is also one of the official languages in North Macedonia and Montenegro. The language is written using the Latin script (Albanian alphabet). It is estimated that there are around 7 million speakers worldwide.

Language presence globally

Speakers

Albania

2.5M

North Macedonia

449K

Montenegro

35K

*The graph shows a rough estimate of Albanian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.

Related locale codes

sq-AL – Albanian (Albania)

sq-MK – Albanian (North Macedonia)

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