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Albanian

Bulgarian
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Albanian and Bulgarian

Countries

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

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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Greetings

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)

Dialects

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
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million7.80 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.21 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million7.80 million
0 873
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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

History

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

Code

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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Albanian and Bulgarian Alphabets

Albanian and Bulgarian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Bulgarian. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Bulgarian Alphabets there are 30 letters. To learn Albanian and Bulgarian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Bulgarian languages. The Albanian phonology consist Albanian vowels and Albanian consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Albanian greetings vs Bulgarian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Bulgarian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Bulgarian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Albanian and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Albanian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is 0.21 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Albanian and Bulgarian on Albanian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Bulgarian Language Codes

Albanian and Bulgarian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Bulgarian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.