Indo-European family
Albanian
c. 600 CE – today Living
Albanian (c. 600 CE – today) is a living Indo-European language. It has 2 descendant languages and stages on the map. Lineage: Proto-Indo-European → Proto-Albanian → Albanian.
See Albanian on the interactive map- Speakers
- 7.5M (7,500,000)
- ISO 639-3
- sqi
First attested 1462; first book 1555. Main dialects Gheg (north) and Tosk (south); the standard is Tosk-based.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4,500 BCE – 2,500 BCE
- Proto-Albanianc. 1,000 BCE – 600 CE
- Albanianc. 600 CE – today