Countries
Bulgaria, European Union
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Bulgaria
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Africa, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Institute for the Bulgarian language
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- The only Slavic language which has lost all its grammatical cases is Bulgarian.
- The first Slavic language to be written was Bulgarian in 9th century.
  
- 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
Macedonian language
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Bulgarian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Cyrillic
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Здравейте (Zdraveĭte)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
Благодаря ти (blagodarya ti)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
Как си? (Kak si?)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Лека нощ (Leka nošt)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
Добър вечер (Dobãr večer)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Добър ден (Dobãr den)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
Добро утро (Dobro utro)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
Моля (Molja)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
Съжалявам (Sãžaljavam)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
Довиждане (Doviždane)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Обичам те (Običam te)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Извинете ме (Izvinete me)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Pirdop
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
7.80 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
7.80 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
български (bãlgarski)
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Balgarski
  
Not Available
  
French Name
bulgare
  
albanais
  
German Name
Bulgarisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
Not Available
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Not Available
  
Albanians
  
Origin
9th Century
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Slavic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Southern
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Bulgarian, Middle Bulgarian, Modern Bulgarian
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Bulgarian
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Bulgarian Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
bg
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
bul
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
bul
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
bul
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
buls
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
bulg1262
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Synthetic
  
Bulgarian and Albanian Speaking population
Bulgarian and Albanian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Bulgarian and Albanian languages can be compared. The total count of Bulgarian and Albanian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Bulgarian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available. When we compare the speaking population of any two languages we get to know which of two languages is more popular. Find more details about how many people speak Bulgarian and Albanian on Bulgarian vs Albanian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Bulgarian and Albanian Language Codes
Bulgarian and Albanian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Bulgarian and Albanian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.