Countries
Armenian Highland
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
- 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.
Similar To
Greek
Romanian
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Armenian manuscript
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
Përshëndetje
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
Si jeni?
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
natën e mirë
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
mirëdita
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
mirëmengjes
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
Ju lutem
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
Me fal
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
mirupafshim
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
Më falni
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Eastern Armenian
Arbëresh
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
Shqip
French Name
arménien
albanais
German Name
Armenisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Armenians
Albanians
Origin
late 5th century
1462 AD
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
Standard Albanian
Signed Forms
Signed Armenian
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
Glottocode
arme1241
alba1267
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
Synthetic
Armenian and Albanian 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 Armenian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Armenian and Albanian language. Armenian word for "Hello" is Բարեւ (Barev) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Armenian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Armenian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Armenian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Armenian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Armenian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Armenian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Armenian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.