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Albanian vs Macedonian


Macedonian vs 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.
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  • 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
-  
-  

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  
-  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
3  
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
17
44 weeks  
17

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  
99+
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  
99+
2,000,000.00  
99+

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Galičnik  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Macedonia  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
99+
2,100,000.00  
99+

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
0.11 %  
99+
0.05 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
2.50 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
99+
2.00 million  
99+

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

Alternative Names
Shqip  
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
-  
Slavic  

Branch
-  
Southern  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Macedonian  

Language Position
14  
13
45  
99+

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
sqi  
mkd  

Glottocode
alba1267  
mace1250  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
53-AAA-ha  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object  
-  

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Analytic  

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Albanian and Macedonian Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Macedonian language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Macedonian language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Macedonian language states that this language originated in 2200 BC. 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 Macedonian Language History.

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Albanian and Macedonian 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 Macedonian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Macedonian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Macedonian word for "Thank You" is Благодарам (Blagodaram). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Macedonian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Macedonian Difficulty

The Albanian vs Macedonian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Macedonian 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 Macedonian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Macedonian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Macedonian time required is 44 weeks.

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