Albanian

Indo-European language, spoken primarily in Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Montenegro
Intangible natural_language Q8748
Albanian
Konrad Kyeser (1366-1405) · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Albanian

Summary

Albanian is a natural language[1]. Albanian ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,189 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Albanian is in the country of Albania[3].
  • Albanian's instance of is recorded as natural language[4].
  • Albanian's instance of is recorded as macrolanguage[5].
  • Albanian's instance of is recorded as modern language[6].
  • Albanian is a type of Albanian[7].
  • Albanian's writing system is recorded as Latin script[8].
  • Albanian's writing system is recorded as Albanian alphabet[9].
  • Albanian's writing system is recorded as Albanian Braille[10].
  • Albanian's Commons category is recorded as Albanian language[11].
  • Albanian's Wikimedia language code is recorded as sq[12].
  • Albanian's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 41, 'lon': 20}[13].
  • Albanian's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Albanian language[14].
  • Albanian's language regulatory body is recorded as Academy of Sciences of Albania[15].
  • Albanian's number of speakers, writers, or signers is recorded as {'amount': '+6200000'}[16].
  • Albanian's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[17].
  • Albanian's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
  • Albanian's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[19].
  • Albanian's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/tags/albanian[20].
  • Albanian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'sq', 'text': 'Gjuha shqipe'}[21].
  • Albanian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'албанский'}[22].
  • Albanian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'az', 'text': 'albanca'}[23].
  • Albanian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'bg', 'text': 'албански'}[24].
  • Albanian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'sl', 'text': 'albanščina'}[25].
  • Albanian's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'os', 'text': 'албайнаг'}[26].
  • Albanian's different from is recorded as Caucasian Albanian[27].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include natural language[4], macrolanguage[5], and modern language[6]. Albanian is a type of Albanian[7].

Why It Matters

Albanian ranks in the top 3% of natural_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,189 views/month).[2] Albanian has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Albanian is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . Ethnologue. Retrieved . ethnologue.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . iso639-3.sil.org. iso639-3.sil.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
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  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
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  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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