Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
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.
- 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 in
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
I Love You
unë e dua ju
Seni seviyorum
Excuse Me
Më falni
Afedersiniz
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
Azerbaijani Turkish
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
Crimean Turkish
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
Gagauz
Where They Speak
Italy
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Speaking Population
Not Available
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
Language Family
Indo-European Family
Turkic Family
Subgroup
Not Available
Turkic
Branch
Not Available
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Early Forms
Old Albanian
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Turkish Sign Language
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
alba1267
nucl1301
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
44-AAB-a
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Object-Verb
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
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.