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
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Cyrillic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
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
3,400,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Panagyurishte
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Not Available
  
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Pirdop
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Bulgaria
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
7.80 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
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
  
Language Forms
  
  
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 1
sq
  
bg
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
bul
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
bul
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
bul
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
buls
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
bulg1262
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
53-AAA-hb
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Not Available
  
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.