Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
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 in
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Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
Scripts
Latin
Arabic, Latin
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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)
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Cappadocian Greek
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Greece
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Griko
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Italy
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Mariupol
Where They Speak
Italy
Ukraine
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Hellenic
Branch
Not Available
Not Available
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
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Greek Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
ells
Glottocode
alba1267
gree1276
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
56-AAA-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Fusional, Synthetic
Albanian and Greek 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 Greek greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Greek language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Greek word for "Thank You" is ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱). Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Greek Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Albanian vs Greek Difficulty
The Albanian vs Greek difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Greek 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 Greek are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Greek, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Greek time required is 44 weeks.