Countries
Armenian Highland
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Cyprus, Hungary, Iraq, Poland, Romania, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Armenian National Academy of Sciences
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- The first language into which Bible was translated is Armenian.
- Christianity was recognized as a national religion in 301 by Armenia Country.
  
- 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.
Similar To
Greek
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
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Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Armenian manuscript
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Բարեւ (Barev)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Շնորհակալություն (Shnorhakalut’yun)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Ինչպես եք դուք? (Inch’pes yek’ duk’)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Բարի գիշեր (Bari gisher)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Բարի երեկո (Bari yereko)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Բարի օր (Bari or)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Բարի լույս (Bari luys)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Խնդրում եմ (Khndrum yem)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
կներեք (knerek’)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Ց'տեսություն
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Ես սիրում եմ քեզ (Yes sirum yem k’yez)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Ներեցեք ինձ (Nerets’yek’ indz)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Eastern Armenian
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Armenia, Armenian Highland, Georgia, Iran, Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, Turkey
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Western Armenian
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Armenian Highland, Cilicia, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Not Applicable
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Not Applicable
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
6.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
6.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
Հայերէն (Hayeren)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Armjanski Yazyk, Ena, Ermeni Dili, Ermenice, Somkhuri
  
Not Available
  
French Name
arménien
  
albanais
  
German Name
Armenisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[hɑjɛˈɾɛn]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Armenians
  
Albanians
  
Origin
late 5th century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Armenian, Classical Armenian, Middle Armenian, Armenian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Eastern Armenian, Western Armenian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Signed Forms
Not Available
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
hy
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
hye
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
arm
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
hye
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
arme1241
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
57-AAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Not Available
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Agglutinative, Synthetic
  
Synthetic