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Albanian and Norwegian


Norwegian and Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Norway   

Total No. Of Countries
2   
13
1   
14

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe   
Norway   

Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Europe   
Europe, South America   

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania   
Nynorsk   

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana   
Norwegian Language Council   

Interesting Facts
  • 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.
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  • Bergen is one of the Norwegian dialect which has only two genders: common and neuter.
  • Since Norwegian language uses pitch accents, it has musical quality and are sometimes employed to distinguish the meanings of homonyms.
  

Similar To
Romanian   
Swedish and Danish Languages   

Derived From
Not Available   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Norwegian-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
36   
18
29   
11

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7   
4
9   
6

How Many Consonants
29   
19
20   
10

Scripts
Latin   
Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5   
4
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
24 weeks   
6

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje   
hallo   

Thank You
Ju faleminderit   
takk   

How Are You?
Si jeni?   
hvordan har du det?   

Good Night
natën e mirë   
god natt   

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma   
god kveld   

Good Afternoon
mirëdita   
god ettermiddag   

Good Morning
mirëmengjes   
god morgen   

Please
Ju lutem   
Vær så snill   

Sorry
Me fal   
unnskyld   

Bye
mirupafshim   
ha det   

I Love You
unë e dua ju   
Jeg Elsker Deg   

Excuse Me
Më falni   
unnskyld meg   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian   
Jamtlandic   

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia   
Jamtland,Harjedalen   

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00   
20
30,000.00   
99+

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian   
Sognamål   

Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey   
Sogn   

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00   
20
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Arbëresh   
Hallingmål-Valdris   

Where They Speak
Italy   
Hallingdal, Valdres   

How Many People Speak
100,000.00   
28
Not Available   

Total No. Of Dialects
4   
4
19   
17

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Speaking Population
Not Available   
Not Available   

Native Speakers
3.10 million   
99+
5.00 million   
99+

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million   
31
Not Available   

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe   
Norsk   

Alternative Names
Not Available   
Norsk   

French Name
albanais   
norvégien nynorsk; nynorsk, norvégien   

German Name
Albanisch   
Nynorsk   

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]   
[nɔʂk] (Eastern Norwegian) [nɔʁsk] (Western Norwegian)   

Ethnicity
Albanians   
Norwegians   

History

Origin
1462 AD   
c. 1300 AD   

Language Family
Indo-European Family   
Indo-European Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Germanic   

Branch
Not Available   
Northern (Scandinavian)   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian   
Old Norse language, Old Norwegian, Middle Norwegian, Modern Norwegian   

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian   
Nynorsk, Bokmål   

Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)   
Signed Norwegian   

Scope
Individual   
Macrolanguage   

Code

ISO 639 1
sq   
no   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi   
nor   

ISO 639 2/B
alb   
nor   

ISO 639 3
sqi   
nor   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
alba1267   
norw1258   

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa   
52-AAA-ba to -be; 52-AAA-cf to -cg   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic   
Fusional   

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All Albanian and Norwegian 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 Albanian and Norwegian dialects. Various dialects of Albanian and Norwegian language differ in their pronunciations and words. Dialects of Albanian are spoken in different Albanian Speaking Countries whereas Norwegian Dialects are spoken in different Norwegian speaking countries. Also the number of people speaking Albanian vs Norwegian Dialects varies from few thousands to many millions. Some of the Albanian dialects include: Gheg Albanian, Tosk Albanian. Norwegian dialects include: Jamtlandic , Sognamål. Also learn about dialects in South American Languages and North American Languages.

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Albanian and Norwegian Speaking population

Albanian and Norwegian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Norwegian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Norwegian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Norwegian 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 Albanian and Norwegian on Albanian vs Norwegian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.

Albanian and Norwegian Language Codes

Albanian and Norwegian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Norwegian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.

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