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Albanian vs Greek


Greek vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Cyprus, European Union, Greece  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
3  
12

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

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

Alphabets
36  
18
24  
6

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
7  
4

How Many Consonants
29  
19
17  
7

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic, Latin  

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  
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)  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Cappadocian Greek  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Greece  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
2,800.00  
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Griko  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
50,000.00  
38

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Mariupol  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Ukraine  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
Not Available  

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
25  
21

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available  
0.18 %  
99+

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
13.00 million  
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
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  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
1500 BC  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Indo-European Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Hellenic  

Branch
Not Available  
Not Available  

Language Forms
  
  

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  
74  
99+

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
el  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
ell  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
gre  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
ell  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
ells  

Glottocode
alba1267  
gree1276  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
56-AAA-a  

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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Albanian and Greek Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Greek language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Greek language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Greek language states that this language originated in 1500 BC. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Greek Language History.

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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.

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