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Albanian
Albanian

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Countries

Countries

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece

Total No. Of Countries

23
0 46
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National Language

Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Second Language

Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Roman Empire

Speaking Continents

Europe
Asia, Europe

Minority Language

Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine

Regulated By

Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)

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.
  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.

Similar To

Romanian
Armenian

Derived From

-
Latin

Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

3624
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

2917
9 60
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Scripts

Latin
Arabic, Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

56
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

Përshëndetje
γεια σας (geia sas)

Thank You

Ju faleminderit
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)

How Are You?

Si jeni?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)

Good Night

natën e mirë
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)

Good Evening

mirëmbrëma
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)

Good Afternoon

mirëdita
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)

Good Morning

mirëmengjes
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)

Please

Ju lutem
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)

Sorry

Me fal
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)

Bye

mirupafshim
αντίο (antío)

I Love You

unë e dua ju
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)

Excuse Me

Më falni
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)

Dialects

Dialect 1

Gheg Albanian
Cappadocian Greek

Where They Speak

Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Greece

How Many People Speak

3,400,000.002,800.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Tosk Albanian
Griko

Where They Speak

Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Italy

How Many People Speak

1,800,000.0050,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Arbëresh
Mariupol

Where They Speak

Italy
Ukraine

How Many People Speak

100,000.0013,000,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

425
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

7.50 million13.00 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.11 %0.18 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

3.10 million13.00 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

3.60 million13.00 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

shqip / gjuha shqipe
ελληνικά

Alternative Names

Shqip
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic

French Name

albanais
grec moderne (après 1453)

German Name

Albanisch
Neugriechisch

Pronunciation

[ʃcip]
[eliniˈka]

Ethnicity

Albanians
Greeks or Hellenes

History

Origin

1462 AD
1500 BC

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

-
Hellenic

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Old Albanian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek

Standard Forms

Standard Albanian
Modern Greek

Language Position

1474
1 120
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Signed Forms

Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Greek Sign Language

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

sq
el

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

sqi
ell

ISO 639 2/B

alb
gre

ISO 639 3

sqi
ell

ISO 639 6

sqi
ells

Glottocode

alba1267
gree1276

Linguasphere

55-AAA-aaa
56-AAA-a

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic

Albanian and Greek Alphabets

Albanian and Greek Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Albanian and Greek. In Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters while in Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters. To learn Albanian and Greek languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Albanian and Greek 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 Greek greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Albanian and Greek are Most Spoken Languages.

All Albanian and Greek 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 Greek dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Greek language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Greek Dialects are spoken in different Greek speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Greek Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek , Griko. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Albanian and Greek Speaking population

Albanian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Albanian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Greek Language Codes

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