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Albanian vs Armenian


Armenian vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Armenian Highland   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic   

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

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Armenian National Academy of Sciences   

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 first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
  • Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Greek   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
38   
20

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
32   
22

Scripts
Latin   
Armenian manuscript   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
12   
9

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Բարեւ (Barev)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Բարի օր (Bari or)   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)   

Please
Ju lutem   
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)   

Sorry
Me fal   
կներեք (knerek’)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Ց'տեսություն   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Eastern Armenian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Western Armenian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey   

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Not Applicable   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Not Applicable   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
2   
2

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
6.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Հայերէն (Hayeren)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri   

French Name
albanais   
arménien   

German Name
Albanisch   
Armenisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Armenians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
late 5th century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Not Available   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
hy   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
hye   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
arm   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
hye   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
arme1241   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
57-AAA-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Not Available   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Agglutinative, Synthetic   

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Albanian and Armenian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Armenian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Armenian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Armenian language states that this language originated in late 5th century. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Armenian Language History.

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Albanian and Armenian Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Armenian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Armenian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Armenian word for "Thank You" is Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Armenian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Armenian Difficulty

The Albanian vs Armenian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Armenian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Armenian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Armenian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Armenian time required is 44 weeks.

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