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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
-  
-  

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  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

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  
99+
6,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Eastern Armenian  

Where They Speak
Italy  
-  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
6,000,000.00  
34

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
0.11 %  
99+
0.22 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
6.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
7.00 million  
99+

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)  

Alternative Names
Shqip  
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
-  
-  

Branch
-  
-  

Language Forms
  
  

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

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian  

Language Position
14  
13
14  
13

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

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
sqi  
hye  

Glottocode
alba1267  
arme1241  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
57-AAA-a  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
-  

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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