Countries
Azerbaijan, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Northern Cyprus, Romania, Turkey
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
National Language
Turkey
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
Speaking Continents
Asia, Europe
Europe
Minority Language
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Iraq, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
Regulated By
Turkish Language Association
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
Interesting Facts
- Turkish language oldest written records are found upon stone monuments in Central Asia, in Orhun, Yenisey and Talas regions.
- Turkish language was developed in the Middle East, streching all the way to Eastern Europe.
- 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
Azerbaijani 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
Merhaba
Përshëndetje
Thank You
teşekkür ederim
Ju faleminderit
How Are You?
Nasılsın?
Si jeni?
Good Night
İyi Geceler
natën e mirë
Good Evening
İyi Akşamlar
mirëmbrëma
Good Afternoon
Tünaydın
mirëdita
Good Morning
günaydın
mirëmengjes
I Love You
Seni seviyorum
unë e dua ju
Excuse Me
Afedersiniz
Më falni
Dialect 1
Azerbaijani Turkish
Gheg Albanian
Where They Speak
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Syria, Turkey
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
Dialect 2
Crimean Turkish
Tosk Albanian
Where They Speak
Bulgaria, Kyrgyzstan, Romania, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, Uzbekistan
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
Dialect 3
Gagauz
Arbëresh
Where They Speak
Moldova, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine
Italy
Speaking Population
Not Available
Native Name
Türkçe
shqip / gjuha shqipe
Alternative Names
Anatolian, Türkisch
Not Available
French Name
turc
albanais
German Name
Türkisch
Albanisch
Pronunciation
[ˈtyɾct͡ʃɛ]
[ʃcip]
Ethnicity
Turkish
Albanians
Language Family
Turkic Family
Indo-European Family
Subgroup
Turkic
Not Available
Branch
Southwestern(Oghuz)
Not Available
Early Forms
Old Anatalian Turkish, Ottoman Turkish and Turkish
Old Albanian
Standard Forms
Ottoman Turkish(defunct)
Standard Albanian
Language Position
Not Available
Signed Forms
Turkish Sign Language
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
Scope
Individual
Individual
ISO 639 6
Not Available
Not Available
Glottocode
nucl1301
alba1267
Linguasphere
44-AAB-a
55-AAA-aaa
Language Type
Living
Living
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
Subject-Verb-Object
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
Synthetic
Turkish 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 Turkish and Albanian greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Turkish and Albanian language. Turkish word for "Hello" is Merhaba or Albanian word for "Thank You" is Ju faleminderit. Find more of such common Turkish Greetings and Albanian Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.
Turkish vs Albanian Difficulty
The Turkish vs Albanian difficulty level basically depends on the number of Turkish 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 Turkish and Albanian are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Turkish and Albanian, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Turkish is 44 weeks while to learn Albanian time required is 44 weeks.