Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Macedonia
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 in
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Macedonian-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Cyrillic, Macedonian Braille
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Not Available
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)
Bye
mirupafshim
Чао (Čao)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Те сакам (Te sakam)
Excuse Me
Më falni
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Torlakian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Debar
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Galičnik
Where They Speak
Italy
Macedonia
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
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
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
mace1250
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-ha
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Not Available
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Analytic
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.