Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Afganistan, Iran, Tajikistan
  
National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe
  
Afganistan, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
Second Language
Kosovo, Macedonia, Serbia
  
Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
  
Speaking Continents
Europe
  
Asia
  
Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania
  
Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates
  
Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana
  
Academy of Persian Language and Literature (فرهنگستان زبان و اد, Academy of Sciences of Afghanistan
  
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.
- In Iran, Parsi language is known as Farsi, while in Afghanistan Persian language is known as Dari.
- Persian language has borrowed many loanwords from the Arabic language.
  
Similar To
Romanian
  
Pashto and Balochi Languages
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Arabic Language
  
Alphabets in
Albanian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Persian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Latin
  
Arabic
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Right-To-Left, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
Përshëndetje
  
سلام
  
Thank You
Ju faleminderit
  
متشکرم
  
How Are You?
Si jeni?
  
چطور هستید?
  
Good Night
natën e mirë
  
شب بخیر
  
Good Evening
mirëmbrëma
  
عصر بخیر
  
Good Afternoon
mirëdita
  
بعد از ظهر بخیر
  
Good Morning
mirëmengjes
  
صبح به خیر
  
Please
Ju lutem
  
لطفا
  
Sorry
Me fal
  
متاسف
  
Bye
mirupafshim
  
خدا حافظ
  
I Love You
unë e dua ju
  
من شما را دوست دارم
  
Excuse Me
Më falni
  
ببخشيد!
  
Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian
  
Western Persian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia
  
Iran, Iraq
  
How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00
  
20
47,000,000.00
  
7
Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian
  
Dari Persian
  
Where They Speak
Albania, Greece, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Turkey
  
Afganistan
  
How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00
  
20
12,500,000.00
  
7
Dialect 3
Arbëresh
  
Tajik Persian
  
Where They Speak
Italy
  
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan
  
How Many People Speak
7,900,000.00
  
6
How Many People Speak?
7.50 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
26
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
3.10 million
  
99+
65.00 million
  
17
Second Language Speakers
3.60 million
  
31
Not Available
  
Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe
  
فارسی
  
Alternative Names
Not Available
  
New Persian, Parsi, Persian, West Persian
  
French Name
albanais
  
persan
  
German Name
Albanisch
  
Persisch
  
Pronunciation
[ʃcip]
  
[fɒːɾˈsiː]
  
Ethnicity
Albanians
  
Persian people
  
Origin
1462 AD
  
1500 BC
  
Language Family
Indo-European Family
  
Indo-European Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Indo-Iranian
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Iranian
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Albanian
  
Old Persian and Middle Persian
  
Standard Forms
Standard Albanian
  
Persian
  
Language Position
Not Available
  
Signed Forms
Albanian Sign Language (AlbSL, in Albanian Gjuha Shenjave e Shqipe)
  
Persian Sign Language
  
Scope
Individual
  
Individual
  
ISO 639 1
sq
  
fa
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
sqi
  
fas
  
ISO 639 2/B
alb
  
per
  
ISO 639 3
sqi
  
pes
  
ISO 639 6
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
alba1267
  
fars1254
  
Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa
  
58-AAC-c
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Living
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object
  
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic
  
Synthetic
  
Albanian and Persian Speaking population
Albanian and Persian speaking population is one of the factors based on which Albanian and Persian languages can be compared. The total count of Albanian and Persian Speaking population in percentage is also given. The percentage of people speaking Albanian language is Not Available whereas the percentage of people speaking Persian language is 0.99 %. 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 Persian on Albanian vs Persian where you will get native speakers, speaking population in percentage and native names.
Albanian and Persian Language Codes
Albanian and Persian language codes are used in those applications where using language names are tedious. Albanian and Persian Language Codes include all the international language codes, glottocodes and linguasphere.