Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Bulgaria, European Union
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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Panagyurishte
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Pirdop
Where They Speak
Italy
Bulgaria
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Origin
1462 AD
9th Century
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Slavic
Branch
Not Available
Southern
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Standard Bulgarian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Bulgarian Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
buls
Glottocode
alba1267
bulg1262
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
53-AAA-hb
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
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Albanian and Bulgarian Greetings
People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Albanian and Bulgarian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Bulgarian language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Bulgarian word for "Thank You" is Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Bulgarian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Bulgarian Difficulty
The Albanian vs Bulgarian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Bulgarian Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Albanian and Bulgarian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Bulgarian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Bulgarian time required is 44 weeks.