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
-
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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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
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?
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
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
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