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