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
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Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
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
Dialect 2
Panagyurishte
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Dialect 3
Pirdop
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Bulgaria
Italy
How Many People Speak
Not Available
Speaking Population
Not Available
Not Available
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
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
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 6
buls
Not Available
Glottocode
bulg1262
alba1267
Linguasphere
53-AAA-hb
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
Synthetic
Bulgarian and Albanian 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 Bulgarian and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Bulgarian and Albanian language. Bulgarian word for "Hello" is Здравейте (Zdraveĭte) or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Bulgarian Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Bulgarian vs Albanian Difficulty
The Bulgarian vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Bulgarian Alphabets and Albanian 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 Bulgarian and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Bulgarian and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Bulgarian is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.