Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Roman Empire
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
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.
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Armenian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Latin
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic, Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
αντίο (antío)
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Cappadocian Greek
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Greece
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Griko
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Mariupol
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Ukraine
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
13.00 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
ελληνικά
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
French Name
albanais
  
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Neugriechisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[eliniˈka]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Hellenic
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Modern Greek
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Greek Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
el
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
ell
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
gre
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
ell
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
ells
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
gree1276
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
56-AAA-a
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Fusional, Synthetic