Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Russia
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Afganistan
Speaking Continents
Europe
Asia, Europe
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian 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.
- In Russian language, the words are not pronounced as they are written.
- In Russian language, there are only 200,000 words out of which only few words are used and due to this many words have more than one meaning.
Similar To
Romanian
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages
Derived From
Not Available
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary
Alphabets in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Përshëndetje
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
спасибо(spasibo)
How Are You?
Si jeni?
Как дела? (Kak dela?)
Good Night
natën e mirë
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)
Please
Ju lutem
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)
Sorry
Me fal
Извините(Izvinite)
Bye
mirupafshim
до свидания(do svidaniya)
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)
Excuse Me
Më falni
извините(izvinite)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Doukhobor Russian
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Olonets
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Olonets
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Novgorod
Where They Speak
Italy
Novgorod
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Русский
Alternative Names
Not Available
Russki
French Name
albanais
russe
German Name
Albanisch
Russisch
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]
Ethnicity
Albanians
Russians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Eastern
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old East Slavic
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Russian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Signed Russian
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
russ1263
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-ea
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Albanian and Russian 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 Russian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Russian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Russian word for "Thank You" is спасибо(spasibo). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Russian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Russian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Russian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Russian 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 Russian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Russian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Russian time required is 44 weeks.