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Albanian and Macedonian


Macedonian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Macedonia   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Albania, Romania, Serbia   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Macedonian Language Institute "Krste Misirkov"   

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.
    •   
  • There are plenty of loan words in Macedonian language from the Serbian, Bulgarian and Russian languages.
  • The only Indo-European language that make use of the narrative mood is Macedonian language.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Bulgarian, Polish, Russian and Serbian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
31   
13

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
5   
2

How Many Consonants
29   
19
26   
16

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Not Available   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Здраво (Zdravo)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Благодарам (Blagodaram)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Како си? (Kako si?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Добра ноќ (Dobra nok)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Добра вечер (Dobra večer)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Добар ден (Dobar den)   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Ju lutem   
Ве молиме (Ve molime)   

Sorry
Me fal   
жал (žal)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Чао (Čao)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Те сакам (Te sakam)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Torlakian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
1.50   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Debar   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Galičnik   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Macedonia   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
28   
23

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
2.50 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
македонски (Makedonski) македонски јазик (makedonski jazik)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Macedonian Slavic, Makedonski, Slavic   

French Name
albanais   
macédonien   

German Name
Albanisch   
Makedonisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[maˈkɛdɔnski ˈjazik]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Macedonians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
2200 BC   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Macedonian   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Macedonian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
mk   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
mkd   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
mac   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
mkd   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
mace1250   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
53-AAA-ha   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Not Available   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Analytic   

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

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Albanian and Macedonian Speaking population

Albanian and Macedonian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Macedonian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Macedonian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Macedonian language is Not Available. 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 Macedonian on Albanian vs Macedonian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Macedonian Language Codes

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

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