Countries
Cyprus, European Union, Greece
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
National Language
Albania, Cyprus, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Second Language
Roman Empire
  
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
  
Europe
  
Minority Language
Albania, Armenia, Australia, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine
  
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Regulated By
Center for the Greek language (Κέντρον Ελληνικής Γλώσσας)
  
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Interesting Facts
- Greek is the longest documented language of all the Indo-European Langauges.
- The official language of education in the Roman Empire was Greek.
  
- 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
Armenian
  
Romanian
  
Derived From
Latin
  
Not Available
  
Alphabets in
Greek-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Arabic, Latin
  
Latin
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
γεια σας (geia sas)
  
Përshëndetje
  
Thank You
ευχαριστώ (ef̱charistó̱)
  
Ju faleminderit
  
How Are You?
πώς είσαι (pó̱s eísai)
  
Si jeni?
  
Good Night
Καληνυχτα (Kali̱nychta)
  
natën e mirë
  
Good Evening
καλησπέρα (kali̱spéra)
  
mirëmbrëma
  
Good Afternoon
Καλὸ ἀπόγευμα (Kaló apóyevma)
  
mirëdita
  
Good Morning
καλημέρα (kali̱méra)
  
mirëmengjes
  
Please
παρακαλώ (parakaló̱)
  
Ju lutem
  
Sorry
συγνώμη (sygnó̱mi̱)
  
Me fal
  
Bye
αντίο (antío)
  
mirupafshim
  
I Love You
Σε αγαπώ (Se agapó̱)
  
unë e dua ju
  
Excuse Me
Με συγχωρείτε! (Me synhoríte)
  
Më falni
  
Dialect 1
Cappadocian Greek
  
Gheg Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Greece
  
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
Dialect 2
Griko
  
Tosk Albanian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
Dialect 3
Mariupol
  
Arbëresh
  
Where They Speak
Ukraine
  
Italy
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
How Many People Speak?
13.00 million
  
99+
7.50 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
13.00 million
  
99+
3.10 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
Not Available
  
3.60 million
  
31
Native Name
ελληνικά
  
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
Alternative Names
Ellinika, Graecae, Grec, Greco, Neo-Hellenic, Romaic
  
Not Available
  
French Name
grec moderne (après 1453)
  
albanais
  
German Name
Neugriechisch
  
Albanisch
  
Pronunciation
[eliniˈka]
  
[ʃcip]
  
Ethnicity
Greeks or Hellenes
  
Albanians
  
Origin
1500 BC
  
1462 AD
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Hellenic
  
Not Available
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Proto-Greek, Mycenaean Greek, Ancient Greek, Koine Greek and Medieval Greek
  
Old Albanian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Greek
  
Standard Albanian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Greek Sign Language
  
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
el
  
sq
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
ell
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 2/B
gre
  
alb
  
ISO 639 3
ell
  
sqi
  
ISO 639 6
ells
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
gree1276
  
alba1267
  
Linguasphere
56-AAA-a
  
55-AAA-aaa
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Language Morphological Typology
Fusional, Synthetic
  
Synthetic