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This is a list of European languages by the number of native speakers in Europe only. List ... Albanian Arbëresh Arvanitika: 5,367,000 [25] 5,877,100 [26] (Balkans) 21
The most-widely spoken foreign languages in Albania are English, Italian and Greek. A study carried out by Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union, analyzed the demography of the adult population 25-64 of several european countries as of 2016. The results of the Adult Education Survey, released in May 2018, showed that the 39.9% ...
It is also spoken by 450,000 Albanian immigrants in Greece, making it one of the commonly spoken languages in the country after Greek. Albanian is the third most common mother tongue among foreign residents in Italy. [49] This is due to a substantial Albanian immigration to Italy.
This is a list of countries by number of languages according to the 22nd edition of Ethnologue (2019). [1] ... Albania: 8 4 12 0.17 2,847,936 284,794 9,820
Albanians speak the Albanian language, which is an Indo-European language and the only surviving representative of the Albanoid branch, which belongs to the Paleo-Balkan group. It had its formative core in the Western Balkans after the Indo-European migrations in the region from about 3000 to 2500 BCE.
Albanian is declared as the native language by 98.76% of the population. The Albanian people are considered one of the most polyglot people in Europe. [7] They generally speak more than two languages, which are mainly French, Greek, Italian, and English, which are increasing due to migration return, and new Greek and Italian communities in the ...
Most spoken languages, Ethnologue, 2024 [4] Language Family Branch First-language (L1) speakers Second-language (L2) speakers Total speakers (L1+L2) English (excl. creole languages) Indo-European: Germanic: 380 million 1.135 billion 1.515 billion Mandarin Chinese (incl. Standard Chinese, but excl. other varieties) Sino-Tibetan: Sinitic: 941 ...
English remains by far the most widely spoken foreign language throughout Europe. A total of 95% of students in the EU study English at secondary level [77] and 38% of EU citizens state that they have sufficient skills in English to have a conversation (excluding citizens of Ireland, an English-speaking country). A total of 28% of Europeans ...