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Language Family and Writing System
Writing System		Latin
Script(s) Used		Shqip / Gjuha Shqipe
Family		Indo-european	vs	46.3% World Languages have Indo-European	compare Indo-European World Languages
Subgroup		Albanian
3 Letter Code		Alb

Number of Speakers
Number of Native speakers (millions)		8 (60.89 lower than average)	vs	68.89	Compare similar Number of Native speakers (8)
Native Speakers as % of World		0.2 (1.32 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Native Speakers as % of World (0.2)
Total Number of Speakers (millions)		15 (98.83 lower than average)	vs	113.83	Compare similar Total Number of Speakers (15)
Total Speakers as % of World		0.2 (1.32 lower than average)	vs	1.52	Compare similar Total Speakers as % of World (0.2)

Language Systems
Noun declensions		Four Cases	vs	4.5% World Languages have Four cases
Sequence		SVO	vs	43.9% World Languages have SVO
Tonal		No	vs	80.6% World Languages don't have Tonal
Agglutinative language		No	vs	85.1% World Languages don't have Agglutinative language

Geographic Distribution
Official language in		Albania Kosovo
Official Language of United Nations		No	vs	89.6% World Languages don't have Official Language of United Nations
Countries Spoken In		Albania, Kosovo, Balkans, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Greece, Italy, Sicily
No. of Countries Spoken In		9 (1.33 lower than average)	vs	10.33	Compare similar No. of Countries Spoken In (9)

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