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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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