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Albanian and Russian


Russian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
4   
11

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Russia   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Afganistan   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Lithuania, Mongolia, Poland, Serbia, Tajikistan, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Russian Academy, Russian Language Institute of the Russian 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.
    •   
  • 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.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Ukrainian and Belarusian Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Proto-Slavic Vocabulary   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
33   
15

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
10   
7

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
Cyrillic   

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   
здравствуйте(zdravstvuyte)   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
спасибо(spasibo)   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Как дела? (Kak dela?)   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
Спокойной Ночи(Spokoynoy Nochi)   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
Добрый Вечер(Dobryy Vecher)   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Добрый День(Dobryy Den')   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
Доброе Утро(Dobroye Utro)   

Please
Ju lutem   
пожалуйста(pozhaluysta)   

Sorry
Me fal   
Извините(Izvinite)   

Bye
mirupafshim   
до свидания(do svidaniya)   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Я тебя люблю(YA tebya lyublyu)   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
извините(izvinite)   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Doukhobor Russian   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Alberta, British Columbia, Canada, Saskatchewan   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Olonets   

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

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

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Novgorod   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Novgorod   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
13   
13

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
276.00 million   
6

Speaking Population
Not Available   
2.33 %   
9

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
166.00 million   
8

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
110.00 million   
7

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Русский   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Russki   

French Name
albanais   
russe   

German Name
Albanisch   
Russisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Russians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
1000 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family, Slavic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Slavic   

Branch
Not Available   
Eastern   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old East Slavic   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Standard Russian   

Language Position
Not Available   
7   
7

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
ru   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
rus   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
rus   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
rus   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
russ1263   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
53-AAA-ea   

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

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Albanian and Russian Speaking population

Albanian and Russian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Russian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Russian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Russian language is 2.33 %. 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 Russian on Albanian vs Russian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Russian Language Codes

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

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