Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria, European Union
Total No. Of Countries
22
0
46
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National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Not spoken in any of the countries
Speaking Continents
Europe
Africa, Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Institute for the Bulgarian language
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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
Similar To
Romanian
Macedonian language
Derived From
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Alphabets in
Alphabets
3630
18
247
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Phonology
How Many Vowels
76
0
32
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How Many Consonants
2936
9
60
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Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hard to Learn
Language Levels
53
2
12
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Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks44 weeks
3
88
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Hello
Përshëndetje
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Как си? (Kak si?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
Please
Ju lutem
Моля (Molja)
Sorry
Me fal
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
Bye
mirupafshim
Довиждане (Doviždane)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Обичам те (Običam te)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.009,200,000.00
1.5
960000000
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Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.009,000,000.00
700
274000000
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Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Italy
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
100,000.009,000,000.00
2
230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects
458
0
188
👆🏻
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million7.80 million
0
1200
👆🏻
Speaking Population
0.11 %0.21 %
0
89
👆🏻
Native Speakers
3.10 million7.80 million
0
873
👆🏻
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million9.00 million
0.01
400
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Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
български (bãlgarski)
Alternative Names
Shqip
Balgarski
French Name
albanais
bulgare
German Name
Albanisch
Bulgarisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈbɤɫɡɐrski]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Bulgarian people
Origin
1462 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
-
Slavic
Branch
-
Southern
Language Forms
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
1488
1
120
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Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 1
sq
bg
ISO 639 2
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
bul
ISO 639 2/B
alb
bul
ISO 639 3
sqi
bul
ISO 639 6
sqi
buls
Glottocode
alba1267
bulg1262
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-hb
Types of Language
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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