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 |
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| Standard | |
| 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? |
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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
*The graph shows a rough estimate of Albanian speakers in countries where it is an official or minority language.
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- What is Localizely?
- Getting started
- Localization workflow
- Translation editor
- Flutter Over-the-Air updates
- Flutter In-Context Editing
- Project branching
- Professional translation services
- Machine Translation
- AI Translation
- Translation Memory
- Glossary
- Reports and statistics
- Figma integration
- AWS S3 integration
- GitHub integration
- GitLab integration
- Bitbucket integration
- CLI
- Configuration file
- Supported file formats
- Language & Country Codes
- Referral Program
- I18N Questions
- FAQ