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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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