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Bulgarian and Albanian


Albanian and Bulgarian


Countries

Countries
Bulgaria, European Union  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
2  
13

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

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

Alphabets
30  
12
36  
18

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
6  
3
7  
4

How Many Consonants
36  
26
29  
19

Scripts
Cyrillic  
Latin  

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal  

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
3  
2
5  
4

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
44 weeks  
11

Greetings

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  

Dialects

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  
100,000.00  
28

Total No. Of Dialects
58  
32
4  
4

How Many People Speak

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  

History

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
88  
99+
Not Available  

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

Scope
Individual  
Individual  

Code

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  

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All Bulgarian and Albanian Dialects

Most languages have dialects where each dialect differ from other dialect with respect to grammar and vocabulary. Here you will get to know all Bulgarian and Albanian dialects. Various dialects of Bulgarian and Albanian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Bulgarian are spoken in different Bulgarian Speaking Countries whereas Albanian Dialects are spoken in different Albanian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Bulgarian vs Albanian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Bulgarian dialects include: Kotel-Elena-Dryanovo, Panagyurishte. Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian , Tosk Albanian. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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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.

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