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Albanian vs Turkish


Turkish vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
11   
5

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Turkey   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Asia, Europe   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Turkish Language Association   

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.
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  • Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
  • Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Azerbaijani Language   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
8   
5

How Many Consonants
29   
19
21   
11

Scripts
Latin   
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   
Merhaba   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
teşekkür ederim   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
Nasılsın?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
İyi Geceler   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
İyi Akşamlar   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
Tünaydın   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
günaydın   

Please
Ju lutem   
lütfen   

Sorry
Me fal   
üzgünüm   

Bye
mirupafshim   
Hoşçakal   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Seni seviyorum   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
Afedersiniz   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Azerbaijani Turkish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
26,000,000.00   
9

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Crimean Turkish   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
480,000.00   
29

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Gagauz   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
140,000.00   
26

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
9   
9

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
75.00 million   
23

Speaking Population
Not Available   
0.95 %   
21

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
60.00 million   
20

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
15.00 million   
18

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Türkçe   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Anatolian, Türkisch   

French Name
albanais   
turc   

German Name
Albanisch   
Türkisch   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Turkish   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1350   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Turkic Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Turkic   

Branch
Not Available   
Southwestern(Oghuz)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)   

Language Position
Not Available   
19   
17

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

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
tr   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
tur   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
tur   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
tur   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
nucl1301   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
44-AAB-a   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Object-Verb   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Synthetic   

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Albanian and Turkish Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Turkish language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Turkish language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Turkish language states that this language originated in c. 1350. 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 Turkish Language History.

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Albanian and Turkish 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 Turkish greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Turkish language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Turkish word for "Thank You" is teşekkür ederim. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Turkish Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Turkish Difficulty

The Albanian vs Turkish difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Turkish 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 Turkish are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Turkish, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Turkish time required is 44 weeks.

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