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Albanian is a unique Indo-European language spoken by Albanians in the Balkans and in the Albanian diaspora around the world. With around 7.5 million speakers, Albanian has no close relation to other languages. The first known document in Albanian was recorded in 1462. There are large Albanian communities in countries like the United States, Italy, and Germany due to immigration and diaspora. Albanian consists of two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, which are mutually intelligible.

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Albanian is a unique Indo-European language spoken by Albanians in the Balkans and in the Albanian diaspora around the world. With around 7.5 million speakers, Albanian has no close relation to other languages. The first known document in Albanian was recorded in 1462. There are large Albanian communities in countries like the United States, Italy, and Germany due to immigration and diaspora. Albanian consists of two main dialects, Gheg and Tosk, which are mutually intelligible.

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Albanian 

(/ælˈbeɪniən/; shq The Albanian


ip [ʃc͡çip] or gjuha
language, is a THE FIRST EVIDENCES
shqipe [ɟ͡ʝuha ˈʃc͡çipɛ]) is OF THE ALBANIAN
an Indo-European unique one, it has LANGUAGE
language spoken by
the Albanians in
no similarity with
the Balkans and other languages.
the Albanian diaspora in
the Americas, Europe and 
Oceania.

With about 7.5


million speakers, it
comprises an
independent branch
within the Indo-
European languages
and is not closely
related to any other
language.

 The first known


document in
Albanian is the
“Baptism
Formula”
recorded in 1462
by Pal Engjëlli
(Paulus Angelus).
Americas
The first written mention
There are large numbers of Albanian Albanian is the third most spoken
of the Albanian language speakers in the United
was on 14 July 1284 States, Argentina, Chile, Uruguay an language in Italy. This is due to a
in Dubrovnik "I heard a d Canada. Some of the first ethnic substantial Albanian immigration to
Albanians to arrive in the United Italy. Italy has a historical Albanian
voice shouting on the States were Arbëreshë. Arbëreshe
mountainside in the have a strong sense of identity, and minority of about 500,000, scattered
Albanian language" ( are unique in that they speak an across southern Italy, known
archaic dialect of Tosk as Arbëreshë. Approximately 1 million
Albanian called Arbëreshë.
Albanians from Kosovo are dispersed
throughout Germany, Switzerland and 
Austria.

Standard Albanian is a
standardised form of spoken
Albanian based on the Tosk The two main Albanian
dialect. It is the official dialects, Gheg and Tosk, are
language of Albania and Kosov primarily distinguished
o and a co-official language by phonological differences,
in North Macedonia as well as and are mutually
a minority intelligible, with Gheg
language of Italy, Montenegro,  spoken to the north and
Romania and Serbia. Tosk spoken to the south of
the Shkumbin river.

Albanian is considered
an isolate within the
Indo-European language
family; no other
language has been
conclusively linked to
its branch.

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