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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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