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Albanian and Greek


Greek and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Cyprus, European Union, Greece   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
3   
12

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

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

Alphabets
36   
18
24   
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
7   
4

How Many Consonants
29   
19
17   
7

Scripts
Latin   
Arabic, Latin   

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
6   
5

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
44 weeks   
11

Greetings

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)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Cappadocian Greek   

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

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
2,800.00   
99+

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
50,000.00   
38

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Mariupol   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
25   
21

How Many People Speak

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

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.18 %   
99+

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   

History

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   
74   
99+

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

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   

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

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Albanian and Greek Speaking population

Albanian and Greek speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Greek languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Greek Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Greek language is 0.18 %. 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 Greek on Albanian vs Greek where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Greek Language Codes

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

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