Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
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
Not Available
Alphabets in
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Scripts
Arabic, Latin
Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Griko
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Italy
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Mariupol
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Ukraine
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
Native Name
ελληνικά
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
Not Available
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
albanais
German Name
Neugriechisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
Albanians
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Hellenic
Not Available
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
ells
Not Available
Glottocode
gree1276
alba1267
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
Synthetic
Greek 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 Greek and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Greek and Albanian language. Greek word for "Hello" is γεια σας (geia sas) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Greek Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Greek vs Albanian Difficulty
The Greek vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Greek 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 Greek and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Greek and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Greek is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.