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Albanian vs Arabic


Arabic vs Albanian


Countries

Countries
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

Total No. Of Countries
2  
13
23  
4

National Language
Albanian diaspora, Southeastern Europe  
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, United Arab Emirates, Yemen  

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

Speaking Continents
Europe  
Africa, Asia  

Minority Language
Italian Repubilc, Montenegro, Republic of Macedonia, Republic of Serbia, Romania  
Not spoken in any of the countries  

Regulated By
Academy of Sciences of Albania, Tirana  
Academy of the Arabic Language, Arabic Language International 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.
    •   
  • Arabic is 5th common language in world.
  • Classical Arabic is the language of Quran and also it is official language. Classical Arabic is the only way to learn Arabic language in academic way and it does not change.
  

Similar To
Romanian  
Amharic and Hebrew  

Derived From
Not Available  
Not Available  

Alphabets

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

Alphabets
36  
18
28  
10

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
7  
4
8  
5

How Many Consonants
29  
19
28  
18

Scripts
Latin  
Arabic  

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

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
5  
4
4  
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks  
11
88 weeks  
13

Greetings

Hello
Përshëndetje  
مرحبا  

Thank You
Ju faleminderit  
شكرا  

How Are You?
Si jeni?  
كيف حالك؟  

Good Night
natën e mirë  
تصبح على خير  

Good Evening
mirëmbrëma  
مساء الخير  

Good Afternoon
mirëdita  
مساء الخير  

Good Morning
mirëmengjes  
صباح الخير  

Please
Ju lutem  
من فضلك  

Sorry
Me fal  
آسف  

Bye
mirupafshim  
وداعا  

I Love You
unë e dua ju  
أحبك  

Excuse Me
Më falni  
اعذرني  

Dialects

Dialect 1
Gheg Albanian  
Maghrebi  

Where They Speak
Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia  
Algeria, Libya, Maghreb, Morocco, Tunisia  

How Many People Speak
3,400,000.00  
20
Not Available  

Dialect 2
Tosk Albanian  
Sudanese  

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

How Many People Speak
1,800,000.00  
20
17,000,000.00  
6

Dialect 3
Arbëresh  
Levantine  

Where They Speak
Italy  
Cyprus, Levant  

How Many People Speak
100,000.00  
28
21,000,000.00  
3

Total No. Of Dialects
4  
4
26  
22

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
7.50 million  
99+
452.00 million  
4

Speaking Population
Not Available  
4.43 %  
6

Native Speakers
3.10 million  
99+
206.00 million  
6

Second Language Speakers
3.60 million  
31
246.00 million  
2

Native Name
shqip / gjuha shqipe  
(al arabiya) العربية  

Alternative Names
Not Available  
Al-’Arabiyya, Al-Fusha, Literary Arabic  

French Name
albanais  
arabe  

German Name
Albanisch  
Arabisch  

Pronunciation
[ʃcip]  
/al ʕarabijja/, /ʕarabi/  

Ethnicity
Albanians  
Arabs  

History

Origin
1462 AD  
512 CE  

Language Family
Indo-European Family  
Afro-Asiatic Family, Semitic Family  

Subgroup
Not Available  
Semitic  

Branch
Not Available  
North Arabic  

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Old Albanian  
No early forms  

Standard Forms
Standard Albanian  
Modern Standard Arabic  

Language Position
Not Available  
25  
21

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

Scope
Individual  
Macrolanguage  

Code

ISO 639 1
sq  
ar  

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
sqi  
ara  

ISO 639 2/B
alb  
ara  

ISO 639 3
sqi  
ara  

ISO 639 6
Not Available  
Not Available  

Glottocode
alba1267  
arab1395  

Linguasphere
55-AAA-aaa  
12-AAC  

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living  
Living  

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

Language Morphological Typology
Synthetic  
Fusional, Synthetic  

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Albanian and Arabic Language History

Comparison of Albanian vs Arabic language history gives us differences between origin of Albanian and Arabic language. History of Albanian language states that this language originated in 1462 AD whereas history of Arabic language states that this language originated in 512 CE. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Albanian and Arabic Language History.

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Albanian and Arabic 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 Albanian and Arabic greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Albanian and Arabic language. Albanian word for "Hello" is Përshëndetje or Arabic word for "Thank You" is شكرا. Find more of such common Albanian Greetings and Arabic Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Albanian vs Arabic Difficulty

The Albanian vs Arabic difficulty level basically depends on the number of Albanian Alphabets and Arabic 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 Albanian and Arabic are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Albanian and Arabic, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Albanian is 44 weeks while to learn Arabic time required is 88 weeks.

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