Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Armenian Highland
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Interesting Facts
- 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.
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Greek
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Armenian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Armenian manuscript
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
Ց'տեսություն
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Eastern Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Western Armenian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Not Applicable
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Not Applicable
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
6.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
French Name
albanais
  
arménien
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Armenisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Armenians
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
late 5th century
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
hy
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
hye
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
arm
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
hye
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
arme1241
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
57-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic