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Albanian and Bulgarian


Bulgarian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bulgaria, European Union   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
2   
13

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Bulgaria   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Africa, Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Institute for the Bulgarian language   

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 only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
  • The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Macedonian language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
30   
12

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
6   
3

How Many Consonants
29   
19
36   
26

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
3   
2

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Как си? (Kak si?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Добър ден (Dobãr den)   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Добро утро (Dobro utro)   

Please
Ju lutem   
Моля (Molja)   

Sorry
Me fal   
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Довиждане (Doviždane)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Обичам те (Običam te)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Panagyurishte   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Pirdop   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Bulgaria   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
58   
32

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
7.80 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
български (bãlgarski)   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Balgarski   

French Name
albanais   
bulgare   

German Name
Albanisch   
Bulgarisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Not Available   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
9th Century   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Standard Bulgarian   

Language Position
Not Available   
88   
99+

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Bulgarian Sign Language   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
bg   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
bul   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
bul   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
bul   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
buls   

Glottocode
alba1267   
bulg1262   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
53-AAA-hb   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Not Available   

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All Albanian and Bulgarian 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 Albanian and Bulgarian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Bulgarian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Bulgarian Dialects are spoken in different Bulgarian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Bulgarian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo , Panagyurishte. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Bulgarian Speaking population

Albanian and Bulgarian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Bulgarian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Bulgarian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available. 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 Albanian and Bulgarian on Albanian vs Bulgarian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Bulgarian Language Codes

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

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