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Countries

Countries

Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Total No. Of Countries

32
0 46
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National Language

Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe

Second Language

Roman Empire
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia

Speaking Continents

Asia, Europe
Europe

Minority Language

Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania

Regulated By

Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana

Interesting Facts

  • Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
  • The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  • 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

Armenian
Romanian

Derived From

Latin
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Alphabets

Alphabets in

Alphabets

2436
18 247
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Phonology

How Many Vowels

77
0 32
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How Many Consonants

1729
9 60
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Scripts

Arabic, Latin
Latin

Writing Direction

Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal

Hard to Learn

Language Levels

65
2 12
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Time Taken to Learn

44 weeks44 weeks
3 88
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Greetings

Hello

γεια σας (geia sas)
Përshëndetje

Thank You

ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
Ju faleminderit

How Are You?

πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
Si jeni?

Good Night

Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
natën e mirë

Good Evening

καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
mirëmbrëma

Good Afternoon

Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
mirëdita

Good Morning

καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
mirëmengjes

Please

παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
Ju lutem

Sorry

συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
Me fal

Bye

αντίο (antío)
mirupafshim

I Love You

Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
unë e dua ju

Excuse Me

Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
Më falni

Dialects

Dialect 1

Cappadocian Greek
Gheg Albanian

Where They Speak

Greece
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia

How Many People Speak

2,800.003,400,000.00
1.5 960000000
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Dialect 2

Griko
Tosk Albanian

Where They Speak

Italy
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

How Many People Speak

50,000.001,800,000.00
700 274000000
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Dialect 3

Mariupol
Arbëresh

Where They Speak

Ukraine
Italy

How Many People Speak

13,000,000.00100,000.00
2 230000000
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Total No. Of Dialects

254
0 188
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How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?

13.00 million7.50 million
0 1200
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Speaking Population

0.18 %0.11 %
0 89
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Native Speakers

13.00 million3.10 million
0 873
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Second Language Speakers

13.00 million3.60 million
0.01 400
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Native Name

ελληνικά
shqip / gjuha shqipe

Alternative Names

Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Shqip

French Name

grec moderne (après 1453)
albanais

German Name

Neugriechisch
Albanisch

Pronunciation

[eliniˈka]
[ʃcip]

Ethnicity

Greeks or Hellenes
Albanians

History

Origin

1500 BC
1462 AD

Language Family

Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family

Subgroup

Hellenic
-

Branch

-
-

Language Forms

Early Forms

Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Albanian

Standard Forms

Modern Greek
Standard Albanian

Language Position

7414
1 120
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Signed Forms

Greek Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)

Scope

Individual
Individual

Code

ISO 639 1

el
sq

ISO 639 2

ISO 639 2/T

ell
sqi

ISO 639 2/B

gre
alb

ISO 639 3

ell
sqi

ISO 639 6

ells
sqi

Glottocode

gree1276
alba1267

Linguasphere

56-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa

Types of Language

Language Type

Living
Living

Language Linguistic Typology

Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object

Language Morphological Typology

Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic

Greek and Albanian Alphabets

Greek and Albanian Alphabets provides you with alphabets, vowels and consonants in Greek and Albanian. In Greek Alphabets there are 24 letters while in Albanian Alphabets there are 36 letters. To learn Greek and Albanian languages the very first thing is to understand and learn alphabets of Greek and Albanian languages. The Greek phonology consist Greek vowels and Greek consonants. After alphabets, words are to be learned and after words, phrases in that language. Take a look at Greek greetings vs Albanian greetings, where you will find numerous useful phrases. Find whether Greek and Albanian are Most Spoken Languages.

All Greek and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Greek and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Greek and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Greek are spoken in different Greek Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Greek vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Greek dialects include: Cappadocian Greek, Griko. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

Greek and Albanian Speaking population

Greek and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Greek and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Greek and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 % whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is 0.11 %. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Greek and Albanian on Greek vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Greek and Albanian Language Codes

Greek and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Greek and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.