Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Armenian Highland
Total No. Of Countries
21
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Interesting Facts
- Albanian Language has adopted words from Latin, Greek, Turkish, Italian and Slavic languages.
- 74% Albanian people are atheist, they never go to church or mosque.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
Similar To
Romanian
Greek
Derived From
-
-
Alphabets in
Alphabets
3638
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2932
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Armenian manuscript
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
512
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Բարեւ (Barev)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Good Night
natën e mirë
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Բարի օր (Bari or)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
Please
Ju lutem
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Sorry
Me fal
կներեք (knerek’)
Bye
mirupafshim
Ց'տեսություն
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.006,000,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Western Armenian
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.006,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Eastern Armenian
Where They Speak
Italy
-
How Many People Speak
100,000.006,000,000.00
2
230000000
👆🏻
Total No. Of Dialects
42
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million6.00 million
0
1200
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Speaking Population
0.11 %0.22 %
0
89
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Native Speakers
3.10 million6.00 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million7.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
French Name
albanais
arménien
German Name
Albanisch
Armenisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Armenians
Origin
1462 AD
late 5th century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
-
Branch
-
-
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Language Position
1414
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Armenian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
hy
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
hye
ISO 639 2/B
alb
arm
ISO 639 3
sqi
hye
ISO 639 6
sqi
hye
Glottocode
alba1267
arme1241
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
57-AAA-a
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
-
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Agglutinative, Synthetic