Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Greece
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Griko
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Italy
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Italy
Ukraine
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Modern Greek
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
alba1267
gree1276
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
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.