Albanian or Armenian closer to Greek?

[roro4721]

Out of all languages Armenian is closest to Greek, but that doesn't mean Greek is closest to Armenian. I'm not familiar with the Albanian language one bit, so I can't say.

[alb0zfinest]

Obviously Armenian and Albanian are closer to each other being both Satem languages.

First of all the line that divides centum and satem is far from clear. On top of that the first Albanian words if you will were recorded by Pal Engjelli in the 14th century. Not only could they have changed by then, but it isn't even clear that they were suppose to be spelled as such since this is the first time Albanian words were written down.

[wvwvw]

I thought the question was "Closer to Armenian?" so I mistakenly voted Albanian. Greek is close to none of these languages.

[roro4721]

I thought the question was "Closer to Armenian?" so I mistakenly voted Albanian. Greek is close to none of these languages.

Lol I did too and I immediately thought Albanian, I mean they are bordering countries

[The.Mask]

Qep, penxhere, sahat, Saba, taman, Hajde and so so are Turkish influences, don't worry because Turkish/Arabic influence in Albanian language is less then 1%.

Only turkofiles like you use these words. I don't.

[Kalimtari]

according to this Albanian and Greek cluster together:

Tracing the Origins of Indo-European Languages

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...f=science&_r=0

[Drawing-slim]

I thought the question was "Closer to Armenian?" so I mistakenly voted Albanian. Greek is close to none of these languages.

Your insecure Greek identity is visible from out of space. You're still cute though.

[wvwvw]

Out of all languages Armenian is closest to Greek, but that doesn't mean Greek is closest to Armenian. I'm not familiar with the Albanian language one bit, so I can't say.

I disagree. Out of all languages Armenian seem to be closest to Persian.


A close scrutiny of the loan words in the Armenian language is essentially a demonstration of the close contacts between Armenians and their neighboring peoples. The greatest lexical borrowing is from Sanskrit/Persian, amounting to 1405 root words. Here, de Lagarde was able to capture the essence of the borrowings and recognized the three layers of influence in a span of over 15 centuries, whereas earlier linguists, omitting the possibility of the loan-words, thought of Armenian as an offshoot of Old Persian.

The Linguistic Relationship Between Armenian and Greek (Publications of the Philological Society) [Paperback]
James Clackson (Author)

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From the Back Cover
This work examines the evidence for a special relationship between Greek and Armenian within the Indo-European family. It contains studies of the methods used to assess interrelationships within language families; the comparative reconstruction of Proto-Indo-European; the interpretation of Greek and Armenian texts; and the developments of the Greek and Armenian languages.

The first chapter of the work outlines the existing methods employed for assessing the relationships between languages in the same genetic family, and sets forward the principles on which such investigations should proceed. The following chapters examine specific agreements between Greek and Armenian, and assess their significance for the relationship between the two languages, concluding with a large-scale comparison of lexical agreements between the two languages and other Indo-European languages.

The linguistic material and arguments presented support the conclusion that there is no "special" relationship between the two languages.
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0631191976

[Kalimtari]

[The Illyrian Warrior]

I thought the question was "Closer to Armenian?" so I mistakenly voted Albanian. Greek is close to none of these languages.